Egyptian F16 jets destroyed




Egyptian fighter F-16 Fighting Falcon:
Egyptian Air Force used 220 aircraft F-16 +20 fighter F-16 Block 50 52 This makes it the fourth largest fleet in the world
Date of F-16 Egyptian:
Egypt before the sixties and in Aoil seventies has been dealing heavily with the Soviet Union in the military field and have the Russians played a major role in building the armed forces after the 1967 war .... after the signing of the Camp David treaty Egypt turned to other resources, such as France and the United States were initially get Egypt Ali Mirage aircraft -5 French and the plane F-4 phantom in early Imninat Egypt got the Mirage-2000 and F-16A / Bs and Egypt got the F-16A \ Ds in the middle of Imninat in recent period tended Egypt to other resources, such as China and Ukraine
The beginning of the F-16 entering the Egyptian Air Force:
At June 25, 1980 Egypt asked the United States for 42 Boeing F-16 Block 15 aircraft arrived first six of them in March 1982 ..... in the year 1997 has been amended the Block 15 to Block 42.
In 1998 Egypt has asked 40 pilot F-16C Block 32 was the ability of firing missiles Saporrow
In 1990 Egypt asked for 35 aircraft F-16C Block 40 and 12 aircraft F-16D Block 40 and was supported by the Foundation General Electric F110
In October 1991 Egypt received F-16s
And then was hired on 46 aircraft F-16C \ D Block 40 and the delivery of the first aircraft in 1994 and continued until 1995 Delivery
In 1996 the Egyptian and US government signed an agreement to provide Egypt with 21 aircraft F-16C Block 40 The value of this transaction is US $ 670 million and began delivery in 1999 and was the motor of the model the General Electric F110-GE100B were these aircraft deployment at airports Abossoar and Cenglaz
In February 1999 Egypt asked for 24 aircraft F-16s has been approved by Congress on the deal after hesitation and fear that this deal could be the volatility of the balance of power in the region because Egypt had been received by the 196 F-16 aircraft
In March, at the same Year's approved United Looking to sell new weapons of the Egyptian Armed Forces, was among the 24 fighter F-16 Block 40 and the deal also includes 200 tanks Abrams M1A1 and 32 Patriot missile air defense stood deal is worth $ 3.2 billion
At December 24, 2009 Egypt asked for 24 aircraft F-16 Block 50 52 was reduced to 20 fighter deal was approved in October 2009 and so the deal will increase the number of aircraft the F-16 to approximately 240 fighter.
And so is the F-16 fighter Haya backbone of the Egyptian Air Force



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