# Commander of the Air Force (Egypt)

The Commander of the Air Force (Arabic: قائد القوات الجوية المصرية) is the institutional head of the Egyptian Air Force. The current commander is Lieutenant General Mahmoud Foaad Abd El-Gawad.

## List of commanders

The following individuals have had command of the Egyptian Air Force:

### Royal Egyptian Air Force

| No. | Commanders | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
| 1 | Tait, VictorSquadron Leader Victor Hubert Tait (1892–1988) | 1932 | 1936 | 3–4 years | |
| 2 | ? | 1936 | 1939 | 2–3 years | . |
| 3 | Islam, AliAir Fleet commander Ali Islam (1884–?) | 6 July 1939 | 20 August 1939 | 45 days | |
| 4 | Wahab, HassanMajor general Hassan Mohammed Abdel Wahab (1887–?) | 20 August 1939 | 21 October 1940 | 1 year, 62 days | |
| 5 | Muwafi, AliMajor general Ali Muwafi (1886–?) | 21 October 1940 | 4 October 1942 | 1 year, 348 days | |
| 6 | Taher, HassanMajor general Hassan Hosni Taher (1889–?) | 4 October 1942 | 4 November 1944 | 2 years, 31 days | |
| 7 | Metwaly, MohammedMajor general Mohammed Metwaly | 8 November 1944 | 11 March 1947 | 2 years, 127 days | |
| 8 | Sha'arawy, MohammedMajor general Mohammed Mustafa Sha'arawy | 11 March 1947 | 23 July 1952 | 5 years, 134 days | |

### Egyptian Air Force

| No. | Portrait | Chiefs of Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
| 1 | | Mahmoud, HassanAir Commander Hassan Mahmoud | 30 July 1952 | 22 June 1953 | 357 days | |
| 2 | | Mahmoud, MohamedGeneral Mohamed Sedky Mahmoud (1914–1984) | 23 June 1953 | 19 September 1959 | 6 years, 88 days | |

### Egyptian Air Force and Defense

| No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
| 1 | | Mahmoud, MohamedGeneral Mohamed Sedky Mahmoud (1914–1984) | 20 September 1959 | 11 June 1967 | 7 years, 264 days | |

### Egyptian Air Force

| No. | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
| 1 | El-Ezz, MadkourAir Vice-Marshal Madkour Ahmed Abou El-Ezz | 11 June 1967 | 2 November 1967 | 144 days | |
| 2 | El-Hennawy, MustafaAir Vice-Marshal Mustafa Shalaby El Hennawy | 2 November 1967 | 22 June 1969 | 1 year, 232 days | |
| 3 | Baghdady, AliAir Vice-Marshal Ali Mustafa Baghdady (1922–2005) | 22 June 1969 | 23 April 1972 | 2 years, 306 days | |
| 4 | Mubarak, HosniAir Chief Marshal Hosni Mubarak (1928–2020) | 23 April 1972 | 16 April 1975 | 2 years, 358 days | . |
| 5 | El Moneim, MahmoudAir Marshal Mahmoud Shaker Abd El Moneim (1926–1980) | 16 April 1975 | 6 April 1980 † | 4 years, 356 days | |
| 6 | Shabana, MohammedAir Marshal Mohammed Shabana (born 1931) | 6 April 1980 | 14 April 1982 | 2 years, 8 days | |
| 7 | Helmy, MohammedAir Marshal Mohamed Abd El Hamid Helmy | 14 April 1982 | 15 April 1987 | 5 years, 1 day | |
| 8 | Barakat, MohamedAir Marshal Mohamed Alaa El Din Barakat | 15 April 1987 | 6 April 1990 | 2 years, 356 days | |
| 9 | Nasser, AhmedAir Marshal Ahmed Abdel Rahman Nasser (1934–2020) | 7 April 1990 | 7 April 1996 | 6 years, 1 day | |
| 10 | Shafik, AhmedAir Marshal Ahmed Shafik (born 1941) | 7 April 1996 | 1 March 2002 | 5 years, 328 days | |
| 11 | Shafik, AhmedAir Marshal Magdy Galal Sharawi (born 1946) | 1 March 2002 | 20 March 2008 | 6 years, 19 days | . |
| 12 | Mohamed, RedaAir Marshal Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed (1952–2013) | 20 March 2008 | 14 August 2012 | 4 years, 147 days | |
| 13 | Hamed, YounesAir Marshal Younes Hamed (born 1959) | 14 August 2012 | 14 June 2018 | 5 years, 304 days | . |
| 14 | Helmy, MohamedAir Marshal Mohamed Abbas Helmy (born 1961) | 14 June 2018 | 4 October 2022 | 4 years, 112 days | |
| 15 | Mahmoud El-GawadAir Marshal Mahmoud Foaad Abd El-Gawad (born 1966) | 4 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 27 days | |