Egyptian Armed Forces

[Mhmoud]

underground hangars/shelters used for storing ammo

They should also be used to store planes and tanks and other equipment. Especially the Rafales. It horrifies me to see them out in the open air ready to corrode.

 

[Gomig-21]

may be EAF should take more care about those sheltar. if they don,t want to repeat the lose of 1967 Attack by IAF.

That was 50 years ago, my friend. They tried that same thing 6 years later in 1973 and this time they faced a much more prepared air force and it didn't turn out very well for them. That kind of thing will never happen again. There are too many defensive layers, between long range radar and surveillance, early warning systems, layered SAM systems and quick reaction forces from all branches of the Egyptian Armed Forces. They also have a quick system to repair runways since it doesn't do any good to protect your aircraft when you can't get off the ground. Plus they have no reason to come anywhere near us and need to stay in their area and not be concerned with us, and vice versa.

 

[Mhmoud]

I believe that to become a top-rate army, the Egyptian Military needs to be self-sufficient. This means that the Abrams building project should be fully localised in Egypt, rather than the 12% as of now. We also need to start our own military tech to replace the downgraded American crap on the Abrams tanks, or threaten to buy tanks from elsewhere. A quick-did solution for the APS problem with the Abrams would be the LEDS that the Jordanians use. Of Jordan can afford it, then so can Egypt. Then the development of an indigenous APS would be preferrable.
As for the air force, those F16s need to be rendered independent from American interests, so that they can be truly Egyptian, as they form the bulk of the air force. Maybe buying the Mitsubishi F2 with ToT, as well as local production may help with keeping the fleet flying in the event of war with Israel. Have the planes gutted from those sensitive American avionics that are already out of date, for them with Japanese/indigenous avionics and they would be good to go. Having the source code would also be good if you wanted to fit R77s or some indigenous AMRAAM or AIM120 equivalent should the need arise. It would also suffice to produce some successor to the Helwan HA-300 as the national indigenous aircraft programme, after its brief 50-year closure.
The naval forces can be rendered independent if we built massive shipyards in Alexandria and elsewhere to churn out some quality ships for the navy.

Would it be wise for Egypt to carry out these tasks, or will it anger Uncle Sam?

 

[Gomig-21]

Does look like the ex COS lacks good gun firing practice...That sad for an army chief of almost million soldiers..

Ok, I will indulge you one this one, Mr. Anti-Everything-Egypt Ceylal.
Go ahead, tell me exactly what he's doing wrong that makes him lacking "good gun firing practice" whatever that means. I guess you meant good disciplined skills. So tell me what the former Egyptian Chief of Staff, a soldier for over 40 years is doing wrong while firing a fully automatic M4, which he probably has it set on semi in this instance. Let me help a little:
1) He has good posture and solid grip on the weapon.
2) He's shouldering it perfectly.
3) He's not using the sight which is fine when you want to blast away at a large target in close quarters.
4) He has his weight on his forward leg exactly like you're supposed to which is clearly evident by the effect of the recoil the weapon is having on that stance.
5) The only person who can give him a hard time is his wife who can yell at him for not wearing safety glasses to protect his eyes, but this is a grizzled old veteran; try telling any of these guys to wear safety glasses they'll laugh at you.
So what is he doing wrong?

EAF F-16D block 32 #9405 from 242 TFB is heading for the runway for another training sortie.

EAF F-16C block 32 #9507 from 242 TFB is heading for the runway for another training sortie.

EAF F-16C block 40 #9971 from 272 TFB is taking off with a LANTIRN pod and a Mk. 82 bomb

EAF F-16C block 40 #9931 from 262 TFB buzzing at high speed.

EAF F-16A block 15 #9307 from 232 TFB is parked in a flightline on a hot day.
Hard to tell if the Mirage 2Ks in the background are EAF or Hellenic AF.

EAF F-16C block 40 #9925 from 262 TFB is flying alongside a sistership.

EAF F-16D block 40 #9861 from 272 TFB GBU-12s on it's way to some verminical cretin crunching.

EAF four-ship of F-16C block 40 with #9738 trailing the formation while flying over the the Egyptian coastline.

Retired EAF F-16D block 40 #9873 on display inside the EAF museum at Almaza AFB.

@Hell NO Trying to make you happy, my bro.
@Frogman , these guys are using the Evo and SIG-552s?

Egyptian Navy Southern Fleet has been inaugurated and based and its headquarters are based out of Safaga naval base along with the establishment of the 2nd navy Special Forces Brigade.

The work is moving along on the 3 new naval bases, Ras Banas Base near the Egyptian/Sudanese border, Garjoub Marine Base near Marsa Matrouh and the Eastern Port Said Maritime Base, which will be responsible for securing the Suez Canal and most likely operations at the new Mediterranean gas fields.

Sweet pic of Egyptian Sea Sprite landing on a ship

Armed EAF F-16s on presidential escort.

 

[The SC]

 

[Mhmoud]

S-300?

 

[Gomig-21]

Looks like both 9M82M and 9M83M missiles and the tracked vehicle is part of the Antey-2500.


5 Rafale DMs getting ready for a flight.

Nice pic of ENS Gamal Abdel Nasser docked at its homeport in Safaga, the headquarters of Egypt's southern naval fleet command.

Nice pic of the Nimr during cretin crunching operations in Sinai.

 

[Mhmoud]

Looks like both 9M82M and 9M83M missiles and the tracked vehicle is part of the Antey-2500.


5 Rafale DMs getting ready for a flight.

Nice pic of ENS Gamal Abdel Nasser docked at its at its homeport in Safaga, the headquarters of Egypt's southern naval fleet command.

Nice pic of the Nimr during cretin crunching operations in Sinai.

Just wondering, can the Mistrals be converted to launch aircraft like the Rafeles? It would be the first Arab aircraft carrier.

 

[Gomig-21]

Just wondering, can the Mistrals be converted to launch aircraft like the Rafeles? It would be the first Arab aircraft carrier.

No, definitely not. It's not big enough (length or width) to accommodate CATOBAR landing aircraft. Plus they're not even structurally built to withstand all that heavy landing and taking off of jet-powered aircraft. Not even VTOL powered aircraft taking off and landing off the deck, like the Harrier or F-35. The LHDs designed for those aircraft have a much stronger construction of the deck framing (amongt other components) to withstand the weigh, power and force of VTOL fighter jets.

 

[Amun]

Just wondering, can the Mistrals be converted to launch aircraft like the Rafeles? It would be the first Arab aircraft carrier.

No it cannot......
As it’s surface cannot tolerate either the heavy weight of the combat aircrafts or the extra heat developed from it’s engines.

 

[Mhmoud]

No, definitely not. It's not big enough (length or width) to accommodate CATOBAR landing aircraft. Plus they're not even structurally built to withstand all that heavy landing and taking off of jet-powered aircraft. Not even VTOL powered aircraft taking off and landing off the deck, like the Harrier or F-35. The LHDs designed for those aircraft have a much stronger construction of the deck framing (amongt other components) to withstand the weigh, power and force of VTOL fighter jets.

I heard that India tried in the early 2000s with a Russian shipyard. Cost overruns over the years cost them as much as a brand new Western aircraft carrier, and they said that the build was shoddy as hell.
I think that EAF and EN should make an aircraft carrier for expeditionary use, for say, defending allies, and other uses. They already have a massive air force and navy.

 

[Gomig-21]

BTW, guys, why doesn't this thread have a single like in the sticky threads section? It's the BEST thread with the most views of all other sticky threads with 540K views only followed by the other awesome Saudi/AIR/Naval/Ground thread with 490K views. No other threads comes even close and all those other threads which barely have any views have up to 18 likes. I find that very weird. Anyone have an explanation for that?

 

[Muhammed45]

@Gomig-21 Some rats are sent to hell
Army kills 2 takfirists, demolishes hideouts in Sinai

Al-Masry Al-Youm
January 4, 2018
11:33 am

In cooperation with the Egyptian Air Forces, Egypt’s Third Field Army killed two high-risk takfirists (those who abide by an extremist Islamic ideology) and arrested another two in Central Sinai over the past few days said the official spokesperson of the Armed Forces Tamer al-Refai, on Thursday.



Refai added that the army demolished two hideouts used by the takfirists, and confiscated a 4×4 vehicle and a motorcycle.

In an unrelated confiscation, the army also seized a store containing large quantity of drugs, Refai added.

The statement indicates that the Third Field Army continues efforts to eliminate takfirist and criminal gangs in Central Sinai.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

http://www.egyptindependent.com/army-kills-2-takfirists-demolishes-hideouts-in-sinai/

Nice job by EGY army

 

[Amun]

I heard that India tried in the early 2000s with a Russian shipyard. Cost overruns over the years cost them as much as a brand new Western aircraft carrier, and they said that the build was shoddy as hell.
I think that EAF and EN should make an aircraft carrier for expeditionary use, for say, defending allies, and other uses. They already have a massive air force and navy.

EN must first adapt it’s self with the new Technique of strike group ..... and making the Mistrals fully operational first then think about aircraft carriers.

 

[Gomig-21]

I heard that India tried in the early 2000s with a Russian shipyard. Cost overruns over the years cost them as much as a brand new Western aircraft carrier, and they said that the build was shoddy as hell.

Convert an LHD or build their own? The Indians have done amazingly well. They currently operate the INS Vikramaditya and fly MiG-29Ks off it which are just as good as our MiGs and these can land and takeoff of carriers. Their naval fleet is VERY impressive.

I think that EAF and EN should make an aircraft carrier for expeditionary use, for say, defending allies, and other uses. They already have a massive air force and navy.

That's an interesting view. Having an aircraft carrier and being able to deploy it for expeditionary tasks is like having an open checkbook! The cost of operating a full-fledged aircraft carrier is astronomical and if there is no great need for it, then it's probably not a good decision.

Personally, I think the Egyptian Armed Forces need to begin developing small arms/weapons and work their way up to an indigenous A2G and A2A missile. ATGMs, SAMs and things of that sort that are the critical items that run out during a war and need constant replenishment. I'm not crazy about them building all sorts of advanced equipment like tanks and jets etc., but those certain types of munitions that are used up a lot would be the route I would take and then work your way up from there.

Also get into building UAVs and really concentrate on the electronic aspect of warfare since that really is the direction of the future of warfare, unmanned, autonomous and electronic warfare.

@Gomig-21 Some rats are sent to hell

Niiiice. Here we call it "verminical insectisoidal cretinical exterminatory crunching!"