Egyptian Armed Forces

[The SC]

The Octagon
But not just that.. it is a whole military city inside the New Capital with the Octagon as its center..

 

[Harpcore_lover]

The Octagon
But not just that.. it a whole military city inside the New Capital with the Octagon as its center..

Thanks for these great images, may I ask you to reply to what I said tho, I hope I ain't bothering I'm just super curious about what do ya think regarding what I said, thanks

 

[The SC]

Thanks for these great images, may I ask you to reply to what I said tho, I hope I ain't bothering I'm just super curious about what do ya think regarding what I said, thanks

What did you say? where? when? can you provide a post number, so I can reply.. or to make it simpler.. just repeat what you have said, and I shall answer you..

 

[Gomig-21]

Another thing I have noticed after you talked about the points showing on the thread.. I think I found out the answer..it has to do with the points (likes) for the first post of the thread.. I guess as it goes beyond 10 or so points it will show.. ask some friends to put their likes there and we should see..

Hey it's up to 10 likes now my bro! Good call by you. The more likes the first post of this thread gets the more popular it will be on search engines and the more members will join and the more interesting and informative the thread will be. Keep liking the first post fellas.

The Octagon

That's not influenced by the Pentagon, is it?

What a monster project! How many millions of tons of concrete and rebar? @Crocodile

 

[Gomig-21]

You don't see the 5's that often, with their very unique color scheme. It seems like they maintain them pretty well and keep them flying and ready for ops which is pretty good. How the EAF has kept flying the MiG-21 for all those decades is something also. It says a lot about the readiness and maintenance logistics level of the EAF, especially when taking on several types of platforms from all these different sources. The new challenge will now be on the two jets that have dual engines. The Rafale not so much because of the SNECMA setup on those and the ease of working on that engine without having to take it out of the aircraft, but the MiG-35 will certainly be a bit more of a challenge as it relates to maintenance and overhauls.

Nice look at the beautiful VIP Blackhawk.

Sherpa with the police units is a very sweet looking vehicle.

Same with the Jeeps. This guy is geared up to the max and ready for a fight. Nice AK-103

They even have Dodge RAM trucks. I am partial to Fords myself.

Loaded ARX-160 with the short barrel. I actually think this rifle is a better choice than the Barretta AR70/90 for the police units.

Even though it seems like a huge gun, size-wise it's less cumbersome than the 70/90

 

[The SC]

Hey it's up to 10 likes now my bro! Good call by you. The more likes the first post of this thread gets the more popular it will be on search engines and the more members will join and the more interesting and informative the thread will be. Keep liking the first post fellas.



That's not influenced by the Pentagon, is it?



What a monster project! How many millions of tons of concrete and rebar? @Crocodile

I don't think it was influenced by the Pentagon.. even the geometry is different..this is an Octagon
Do you remember when President Sisi visited the Russian Defence ministry headquarters and CI4..and how much he was impressed! I think he was the only foreign personality who was allowed there..So all this outside architecture is just like a curtain wall to the highly sophisticated and advanced systems it will contain..Further more the choice of architecture with a pure Egyptian signature is very unique as well as the fact that multi-angular structures sustain hits much better than traditional building structures.. I am quite sure you know this..but it is good to know for others not familiar with structural engineering and design..
As a practical example; When The pentagon was hit in the 9/11 attacks, only the part that was hit sustained damage, the rest was not affected..

 

[Harpcore_lover]

What did you say? where? when? can you provide a post number, so I can reply.. or to make it simpler.. just repeat what you have said, and I shall answer you..

Thanks it's a just the page before this one

 

[The SC]

Thanks it's a just the page before this one

Sorry buddy..but i do not see any post on that page addressing me.. so do you want me to respond to?

 

[Harpcore_lover]

Sorry buddy..but i do not see any post on that page addressing me.. so do you want me to respond to?

My bad, I'm very sorry I just thought you were frogman, but hey I would like to hear your opinion as well, me and frogman were debating the professionalism of the army on page 286.

 

[The SC]

My bad, I'm very sorry I just thought you were frogman, but hey I would like to hear your opinion as well, me and frogman were debating the professionalism of the army on page 286.

There is nothing to debate about it.. the Egyptian armed forces became highly professional since the October 73 war..as far as modern time is concerned.. for history sake the Pharaohs' armies were some of the most professional in ancient times..

 

[SipahSalar]

EAF Rafale conducting buddy-buddy refueling training and qualifications with a L'armee de l'air Rafale.
They should be able to do this on their own soon as well as with the MiG-35s.

Why use another fighter for refueling? Why not a tanker? Whats the use of this?

 

[Harpcore_lover]

Why use another fighter for refueling? Why not a tanker? Whats the use of this?

When you don't have to use a tanker.

 

[Gomig-21]

Why use another fighter for refueling? Why not a tanker? Whats the use of this?

Harpcore is right but there are other reasons as well. You don't send a tanker into a hot zone where there's a high A2A threat if refueling is needed. Also tankers don't fly very fast obviously, so in dire and emergency situations, you can send out a jet to reach another that is dangerously low on fuel to give it enough to return to base. That was a common thing that Egyptian pilots ran into during the war of attrition and the October War. The MiG-21 had enough fuel for 20-25 minutes in military power and many would run out of fuel prior to returning to base and would have to either land on roads or abandon the aircraft.

During a time of war, the buddy/buddy refueling system is likely to be more valuable than a tanker, especially when you're fighting a neighboring country and not a distant one. The latter would need a tanker for sure, and the EAF should certainly invest in that. Maybe a couple of Il-78s or even modified C-130s.

 

[Gomig-21]

When you don't have to use a tanker.

This is what we need. First test flight of the Il-78M-90A tanker in Russia. Look at all the gadgets on it. FLIR pod and DIRCM suite and possible missile approach warning system. This thing can carry a lot of fuel but the question would be if it can deploy a boom for the F-16s and not just a drogue chute.

 

[SipahSalar]

This thing can carry a lot of fuel but the question would be if it can deploy a boom for the F-16s and not just a drogue chute.

It cannot. Pakistan operates four Il-78's and our F-16's still don't have air refueling capability.