Egypt relies on its air strikes on the advanced Western tactic which is used in The US, and some European countries, which is the most difficult and complex, but its success rate is not less than 90% and the percentage of losses does not exceed 1%..
It follows the method of blinding, silencing, and then destroying successively. This occurs by blinding hostile air defense systems and radars completely from seeing, and this is done by "electronic warfare aircrafts" as Egypt has a very advanced fleet of AWACS aircraft (i.e. Hawkeye A2-C) and C130 electronic warfare platforms that are capable of jamming, eavesdropping and completely blinding ground systems, which allows the penetration of fighters with less thermal footprint in order to silence and open holes such as the "Rafale" fighters, which can close their radar and rely on the Spectra system for passive monitoring (which is the best in the world) and bombing air defense systems and completely silencing them , hence preventing themf rom launching any missiles Interceptors, then comes the stage of destroying the targets in an environment devoid of ground defenses, by means of F-16 Block 52 fighters, Rafale and MiG-29M2 fighters through bombs and cruise missiles that penetrate fortifications.
While the eastern countries use the principle of destruction with bombers or heavy fighters and securing them with interceptor fighters, you will find, for example, the state of Algeria that uses this method as it does not have electronic warfare planes and relies on heavy Su-30 fighters to carry out a strong destructive attack while under protection of the MiG-29 interceptor fighters relying on jamming pods to hide the fighters, this is the eastern scenario and it is the easiest, but its success and losses depend on the extent of the air defense networks and early warning circuits that the enemy possesses, as well as on the ability and experience of the fighter pilot and his mastery of the mission and the proficiency of using all his tools at the same time..
Egypt now combines the Western and Eastern methods and principles, as it possesses the semi-stealth Rafale fighters, the MiG-29M-M2 interceptor fighters, the F-16 Block 52 bomber fighters, the heavy Su-35 fighters, and an airborne electronic warfare fleet ..EAF also uses the UAE's A330 Mrtt aircraft that Egypt borrowed until the arrival of its contracted aircraft for refueling from the air and also relying on the ability of fighters to refuel each other in the air, and thus Egypt has unparalleled air integration that combines all methods of modern warfare so the Egyptian Air Force can deal comfortably and with great success with any operation or mission entrusted with it and achieve impressive results in which the success rate exceeds 90 % at least..
C-130E electronic intelligence (ELINT)
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/egypt-getting-c-130-elint-capability/
I think it's just a matter of weighing options to see which is the best for the EAF in general and none of us make those decisions, we only speculate based on very limited information we get.
