Air MarshalMagdy Galal Sharawi (born May, 1946) is the Commander of the Egyptian Air Force. An air marshals sleeve/shoulder insignia Air Marshal is the second most senior rank active in the Royal Air Force today, after the inactivation of Marshal of the Royal Air Force as a substantive rank in peacetime during defence cuts of the 1990s. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Egyptian Air Force flag. ...
Magdy Galal Sharawi graduated from the Egyptian Air Academy in 1966. As a pilot he flew MiG-15s, MiG-17s, MiG-21s and SU-7s. Following a number of senior appointments he was made Commander of the Egyptian Air Force on 1 March2002. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (ÐиÐ-15 in Cyrillic script) (NATO reporting name Fagot) was a jet fighter developed for the USSR. // History Single-seat version in the markings of the Polish Air Forces In March of 1946, Soviet leadership sought out a new swept-wing jet fighter from the leading... MiG-17 at the Central Texas Airshow, USA, May 2003. ... Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (ÐиÐ-21 in Cyrillic script) (NATO reporting name Fishbed) is a fighter aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. ... Su-7BKL The Sukhoi Su-7 (NATO designation Fitter) was a swept wing, turbojet-powered fighter-bomber used by the Soviet Union and its allies. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...
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Egyptian Armed Forces - Egyptian Air Force Commander