Commander of the Air Force (Egypt)

Commander of the Egyptian Air Force
قائد القوات الجوية المصرية
Incumbent Lieutenant General Mahmoud Foaad Abd El-Gawad since 4 October 2022
Egyptian Air Force
Status	Active
Reports to	Minister of Defense
Term length	No fixed length
Formation	1932
First holder	Victor Hubert Tait
Deputy	Chief of Staff of the Air Defense Forces
Website	Official website

The Commander of the Air Force (Arabic: قائد القوات الجوية المصرية) is the institutional head of the Egyptian Air Force. The current commander is Lieutenant General Mahmoud Foaad Abd El-Gawad.

List of commanders

The following individuals have had command of the Egyptian Air Force:[1]

Royal Egyptian Air Force

No.	Portrait	Commanders	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Tait, VictorSquadron Leader Victor Hubert Tait (1892–1988)	1932	1936	3–4 years	[2][3]
2		?	1936	1939	2–3 years	.
3		Islam, AliAir Fleet commander Ali Islam (1884–?)	6 July 1939	20 August 1939	45 days	[4]
4		Wahab, HassanMajor general Hassan Mohammed Abdel Wahab (1887–?)	20 August 1939	21 October 1940	1 year, 62 days	[5]
5		Muwafi, AliMajor general Ali Muwafi (1886–?)	21 October 1940	4 October 1942	1 year, 348 days	[6]
6		Taher, HassanMajor general Hassan Hosni Taher (1889–?)	4 October 1942	4 November 1944	2 years, 31 days	[7]
7		Metwaly, MohammedMajor general Mohammed Metwaly	8 November 1944	11 March 1947	2 years, 127 days	[1][8]
8		Sha'arawy, MohammedMajor general Mohammed Mustafa Sha'arawy	11 March 1947	23 July 1952	5 years, 134 days	[1][9]

Egyptian Air Force

No.	Portrait	Chiefs of Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Mahmoud, HassanAir Commander Hassan Mahmoud	30 July 1952	22 June 1953	357 days	[1][10]
2		Mahmoud, MohamedGeneral Mohamed Sedky Mahmoud (1914–1984)	23 June 1953	19 September 1959	6 years, 88 days	[11]

Egyptian Air Force and Defense

No.	Portrait	Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Mahmoud, MohamedGeneral Mohamed Sedky Mahmoud (1914–1984)	20 September 1959	11 June 1967	7 years, 264 days	[11]

Egyptian Air Force

No.	Portrait	Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		El-Ezz, MadkourAir Vice-Marshal Madkour Ahmed Abou El-Ezz	11 June 1967	2 November 1967	144 days	[12][13]
2		El-Hennawy, MustafaAir Vice-Marshal Mustafa Shalaby El Hennawy	2 November 1967	22 June 1969	1 year, 232 days	[14]
3		Baghdady, AliAir Vice-Marshal Ali Mustafa Baghdady (1922–2005)	22 June 1969	23 April 1972	2 years, 306 days	[15]
4		Mubarak, HosniAir Chief Marshal Hosni Mubarak (1928–2020)	23 April 1972	16 April 1975	2 years, 358 days	.
5		El Moneim, MahmoudAir Marshal Mahmoud Shaker Abd El Moneim (1926–1980)	16 April 1975	6 April 1980 †	4 years, 356 days	[16]
6		Shabana, MohammedAir Marshal Mohammed Shabana (born 1931)	6 April 1980	14 April 1982	2 years, 8 days	[17]
7		Helmy, MohammedAir Marshal Mohamed Abd El Hamid Helmy	14 April 1982	15 April 1987	5 years, 1 day	[18]
8		Barakat, MohamedAir Marshal Mohamed Alaa El Din Barakat	15 April 1987	6 April 1990	2 years, 356 days	[19]
9		Nasser, AhmedAir Marshal Ahmed Abdel Rahman Nasser (1934–2020)	7 April 1990	7 April 1996	6 years, 1 day	[20]
10		Shafik, AhmedAir Marshal Ahmed Shafik (born 1941)	7 April 1996	1 March 2002	5 years, 328 days	[21]
11		Shafik, AhmedAir Marshal Magdy Galal Sharawi (born 1946)	1 March 2002	20 March 2008	6 years, 19 days	.
12		Mohamed, RedaAir Marshal Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed (1952–2013)	20 March 2008	14 August 2012	4 years, 147 days	[22]
13		Hamed, YounesAir Marshal Younes Hamed (born 1959)	14 August 2012	14 June 2018	5 years, 304 days	.
14		Helmy, MohamedAir Marshal Mohamed Abbas Helmy (born 1961)	14 June 2018	4 October 2022	4 years, 112 days	[23]
15		Mahmoud El-GawadAir Marshal Mahmoud Foaad Abd El-Gawad (born 1966)	4 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 65 days	[24]

References

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22. Air Vice Marshal Archived 18 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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