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Egyptian Air Force

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air force military branch

The Egyptian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Egypt’s military, responsible for defending the nation’s airspace and providing air support to its armed forces.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air force → military branch →
aircraftInService	AH-64 Apache → C-130 Hercules → Dassault Rafale → F-16 Fighting Falcon → K-8E Karakorum → MiG-29 → Mirage 2000 →
aircraftTypeOperated	attack aircraft → fighter aircraft → helicopters → trainer aircraft → transport aircraft →
allegiance	President of Egypt →
commanderTitle	Commander of the Egyptian Air Force →
conflict	1948 Arab–Israeli War → Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) → Gulf War → Libyan Civil War interventions → Libyan–Egyptian War → North Yemen Civil War → Sinai insurgency → Six-Day War → Suez Crisis → War of Attrition → Yom Kippur War →
country	Egypt →
employer	Egyptian airmen →
foundingDate	1937 →
garrison	Cairo West Air Base → various air bases in Egypt →
headquartersLocation	Cairo → Egypt →
motto	Higher and higher for the sake of glory →
nativeName	القوات الجوية المصرية →
partOf	Egyptian Armed Forces →
precededBy	Royal Egyptian Air Force →
role	aerial warfare → air superiority → air support → airspace defense → close air support → reconnaissance → strategic bombing → transport →
serviceBranchOf	Egyptian military →
shortName	EAF →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gazelle helicopter → Handley Page Halifax ("Royal Egyptian Air Force") → Hawker Fury ("Royal Egyptian Air Force") → Hawker Hart ("Royal Egyptian Air Force") → Macchi C.202 Folgore ("Royal Egyptian Air Force") → Macchi C.205 Veltro ("Royal Egyptian Air Force") → Meteor → Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 → Storm Shadow →	usedBy
Avro Lancaster ("Royal Egyptian Air Force") → Beni Suef Air Base → Boeing AH-64 Apache → Dassault Mirage 2000 → RBE2 radar → Snecma M53 → Sukhoi Su-7 →	operator
Minister of Defence of Egypt → Ministry of Defense of Egypt →	oversees
Beni Suef Air Base ("Egyptian Air Force bases") →	category
Suez Canal security forces →	coordinatesWith
Dassault Rafale →	exportUser
Beni Suef Air Base ("Egyptian Air Force units") →	garrison
Egyptian Armed Forces →	hasBranch
Hosni Mubarak →	militaryBranch
Egyptian Air Force ("القوات الجوية المصرية") →	nativeName
Beni Suef Air Base ("Egyptian Air Force base network") →	partOf
Egyptian Air Force ("Royal Egyptian Air Force") →	precededBy
Tupolev Tu-16 →	primaryUsers
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 →	users