El-Said Hamdy

El-Said Hamdy graduated from the Military College on Feb. 1948. Served in an Artillery regiment in the 1948 War. Commanded a Self-Propelled Artillery battery in the Suez War. Commander of the Air Defence Forces from Dec.1979 to Jan.1986.[1]

El-Said Hamdy
Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command
In office
December 1979  January 1986
PresidentAnwar Sadat
Preceded byHelmy Afify Abd El-Bar
Succeeded byAdel Khalil
Personal details
Born24 February 1928
Military service
Allegiance Egypt
Branch/service Air Defense Forces
Years of service1948-1986
Rank Lieutenant General
Unit17th Horse Artillery
CommandsAir Defense College (1969-1972)
2nd Air Defense Brigade (1972-1975)
3rd Air Defense Division (1975-1978)
Director of Air Defense Operations and Staff (1978-79)
Egyptian Air Defense Forces (1979-1986)

Major Activities:

Diversification of sources of Air Defence weapons and augmenting the following stern missiles and Radar equipment: Hawk, Amoun missiles systems, TPS 59, TPS 63 radar systems to the Air Defence forces. Starting the studies of applying command control and communication system to the Air defence forces. Participated in the following wars:

References

  1. Hamdy, El-Said. "Biography of El-Said Hamdy". mmc.gov.eg. Archived from the original on 19 March 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
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