Aircraft Flown by the Egyptian Air Force

Aircraft Type	Length (m)	Span (m)	Crew	Armament	Engine Type	Thrust / Horsepower	Max Takeoff Weight (kg)
Aero L-29 Delfin	12.4	11.8	2	2 * 100kg bombs or 8 rockets	1 * M701	892kg	3,636
Airspeed Oxford 1	12	18.6	3	1 * 7.7mm machine gun, 12 small bombs	2 * AS Cheetah X	355hp	3,454
Antonov An-12	42.47	43.63	6	2 * 23mm cannon	4 * Ivchenko AI-20K	4,015hp	61,136
Avro 618 "Ten" ¹	16.625	24.9	3	-	3 * AS Lynx	215hp	4,648
Avro 626	9.275	11.9	2-3	-	AS Cheetah V	270hp	1,212
Avro 652	14.79	19.775	3	-	2 * Cheetah IX	270hp	3,409
Avro 674 ²	9.9	13	2	-	AS Panther VI	750hp	1,993
Avro Anson I	14.79	19.78	4	2 * 7.7mm machine guns, 2 * 45.5kg bombs, 8 * 9kg bombs	2 * AS Cheetah XV	350hp	3,636
Avro Commodore	9.54	13	2	-	AS Lynx	215hp	1,590
Avro Lancaster B1	24.325	35.7	5	8 * 12.7mm Browning machine guns, 1,818kg bombs	4 * RR Merlin 24	1,460hp	31,818
Beech D-18S	15.37	16.65	2	-	2 * P&W R 985-BS	450hp	3,966
Beech 1900	15.31	19.075	2	-	2 * P&W PT6A	850hp	3,955
Boeing 707/320	53.5	51	4	-	4 * P&W JT3D-7	8,182kg	116,818
Boeing 737	35	32.55	2	-	2 * P&W JT8D	6,591kg	45,454
Boeing Vertol CH-47 ³	15.3	21 (rotor diameter)	3	-	2 * Lycoming T55	3,750hp	20,909
Convair PBT-5 Catalina	36.4	22.34	7	2 * 12.7mm and 2 * 7.6mm machine guns	P&W R-1830	1,200hp	15,455
Curtis C-46D Commando	26.7	39.8	3	-	2 * P&W R2800-75	2,000hp	20,455
Curtis P-40 Tomahawk IIA	11	13	1	4 * 7.7mm, 2 * 12.7mm machine guns	Allison V-1710-33	1,160hp	3,636
Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet	14.09	10.47	2	1 * 30mm cannon, 1,818kg bombs	2 * SNECMA Larzac 04	1,352kg	6,818
Dassault Falcon	19.69	18.725	2	-	2 * GE CF-700-2D-2	1,864kg	11,818
Dassault Mirage IIISDE	17.24	9.45	1	2 * 30mm cannon, 909kg bombs	SNECMA Atar 9C	6,227kg	12,272
Dassault Mirage V SDD	17.85	9.45	1	2 * 30mm cannon, 1,818kg bombs	SNECMA Atar 9C	6,227kg	13,636
Dassault Mirage 2000	17.18	10.3	1	2 * 30mm cannon, 1,818kg bombs	SNECMA M53	9,090kg	13,636
De Havilland 60T	8.37	10.5	2	-	DH Gispy II	120hp	795.5
De Havilland Canada DHC 1 Chipmunk	8.9	12	2	-	DH Gipsy Major 8	145hp	909
De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo	27.65	33.6	3	-	2 * GE CT-64	3,095hp	22,364
De Havilland DH 104 Dove	13.77	19.95	2	-	2 * DH Gipsy Queen Mk 3	335hp	3,864
De Havilland Dragon Rapide	12.075	16.8	2	-	2 * DH Gipsy Six	200hp	2,500
De Havilland Vampire FB52	10.76	14	1	4 * 20mm cannon, 8 * rockets	DH Goblin D	1,523kg	5,636
De Havilland Vampire T55	12.075	14	2	2 * 20mm cannon	DH Goblin 35	1,590kg	5,455
Douglas C-47 Dakota	22.575	33.25	3	up to 1,818kg bombs internally	2 * P&W R-1830	1,200hp	11,818
EMB-312 Tucano	11.32	12.95	2	-	PT-6A	750hp	2,555
Fairey Gordon	22.3	16	2	-	AS Panther IIA	520hp	2,682
Fiat G55 A1	10.7	13.59	1	4 * 12.7mm machine guns, 2 * 160kg bombs	Daimler Benz 601	1,475hp	3,682
General Dynamics F-16A	17.3	10.85	1	1 * 20mm cannon, 6 Sidewinder missiles, 4,545kg bombs	P&W F100	10,681kg	15,909
General Dynamics F-16C	17.3	10.85	1	1 * 20mm cannon, 6 Sidewinder missiles, 4,545kg bombs	GEF110	12,273kg	17,273
Gloster Gladiator I/II	9.6	11.3	1	4 * 7.7 machine guns	Bristol Mercury IX	840hp	2,159
Gloster Meteor F4/F8	14.35	13	1	4 * 20mm cannon, 10 rockets	2 * Rolls Royce Derwent 5	1,590kg	8,682
Gloster Meteor F7	15.225	13	2	-	2 * Rolls Royce Derwent 8	1,590kg	8,682
Gloster Meteor NF13	17.47	15	2	4 * 20mm cannon	2 * Rolls Royce Derwent 8	1,659kg	9,313
Grumann E-2C Hawkeye	19.72	28.2	6	-	2 * Allison T-56A	-	23,545
Grumman Mallard	16.92	23.33	2	-	2 * P&W R1340	450hp	3,636
Ha Jumhuriyah	9.04	12.16	2	-	Continental C-145	200hp	1,000
Ha-200 Al-Qahirah	10.3	11.96	2	1 * 20mm cannon	2 * Turbomeca Marbore II	400kg	3,355
Ha-300	14.15	6.77	1	-	E-300	4,500kg	5,455
Handley Page Halifax	25.05	36.46	6	4 * 7.7mm machine guns	4 * Bristol Hercules XVI	1,650hp	29,545
Hawker "Egyptian" Audax	9.89	13	2	1 * 7.7mm machine guns, 8 * 9kg bombs	AS Panther X	750hp	1,977
Hawker Fury prototype	11.93	13.42	1	4 * 20mm cannon	Bristol Centaurus XII	2,480hp	5,307
Hawker Hart	10.27	13	2	2 * 7.7mm machine guns, 227 kg bombs	RR Kestrel 1B	525hp	2,070
Hawker Hurricane IIC	11.26	14	1	4 * 20mm cannon	RR Merlin 20	1,650hp	3,682
Hawker Sea Fury	11.99	13.42	1	4 * 20mm cannon, 910kg rockets/bombs	Bistol Centaurus XVIII	2,480hp	5,682
Heller UH-12E	10.4	12.4 (rotor diameter)	2	-	Lycoming VO-504	305hp	1,250
Ilyushin Il-14P	24.4	36.4	5	-	2 * Ash-82T	1,900hp	18,000
Ilyushin Il-28	20.27	24.6	4	2 * 23mm cannon, 3,000kg bombs	2 * Klimov VK-1	2,727kg	20,909
Lockheed C-130H	34.2	46.4	4	-	4 * Allison T56	4,500hp	77,273
Lockheed Loadstar	22.925	17.44	2	-	2 * Wright Cyclone 3	1,200hp	7,955
Macchi MB 308	7.47	11.49	2	-	Continental 65	60hp	551
Macchi MC205V	10.09	11.49	1	2 * 20mm cannon and 2 * 12.7mm machine guns	FIAT RC-58 (license DB601)	1,465hp	3,628
McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II	21.93	19.125	2	1 * 20mm cannon, 4,545kg bombs	2 * GE J79	8,136kg	25,455
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter AH-64 Apache	19.95	16.8 (rotor diameter)	2	1 * 30mm cannon, 16 Hellfire missiles, rockets	2 * GE T700	1,550hp	7,955
MiG-15	12.72	11.58	1	2 * 23mm cannon, 1 * 37mm cannon, 2 * 250kg bombs	Klimov VK-1	2,705kg	6,455
MiG-15UTI	11.5	11.58	2	1 * 12.7mm machine gun	Klimov VK-1	2,705kg	6,200
MiG-17F	12.72	11.1	1	3 * 23mm cannon, 2 * 250kg bombs or 16 * 57mm rockets	Klimov VK-1F	3,177kg	7,045
MiG-19SF	14.99	10.325	1	3 * 30mm cannon, 16 * 57mm rockets	2 * Tumansky RD-9B	3,273kg	10,227
MiG-21F-13	18.08	8.2	1	1 * 30mm cannon, 2 * K-13 Atoll missiles, 2 * 250kg bombs	Tumansky R-11	5,682kg	8,545
MiG-21MF	18.08	8.2	1	4 * K-13 Atoll missiles, 4 * 455kg bombs, 1 * 23mm cannon	Tumansky R-13	6,590kg	9,420
MiG-21PF	18.08	8.2	1	2 * K-13 Atoll missiles, 16 * 57mm rockets	Tumansky R-11-F2S-300	6,000kg	8,864
MiG-21UM	18.08	8.2	2	2 * K-13 Atoll missiles	Tumansky R-13	6,590kg	9,318
MiG-23B	17.88	16.36	1	1 * 23mm cannon, 1,818kg bombs	Tumansky R-27	12,539	15,909
Mil Mi-2	13.59	16.625 (rotor diameter)	2	-	2 * Isotov GTD-350	437hp	3,500
Mil Mi-4	13.59	24.12 (rotor diameter)	2	-	Ash-82v	1,700hp	7,773
Mil Mi-6	38.09	40.19 (rotor diameter)	5	1 * 23mm cannon	2 * Soloviev D-25V	5,500hp	42,591
Mil Mi-8	21.03	24.44 (rotor diameter)	4	1 * 12.7mm machine gun, 16 * 57mm rockets	2 * Isotov TU-2-117A	1,900hp	13,000
Miles M14A Hawk	8.4	11.9	2	-	DH Gipsy Major	130hp	864
Miles M19 Master II	10.325	12.52	2	-	Bristol Mercury XX	870hp	2,579
Morane 502¬	11.35	16.36	2	-	Argus AS10C	240hp	1,364
Mraz Sokol M1-D	8.43	11.46	2	-	Walters Minor 4-111	105hp	782
Muegyetemi Sportrepulo Egyesulet M-24	9.1	11.64	2	-	Hirth HM 504	100hp	382
Norduyn Norseman	11.32	18.05	2	-	P&W Wasp	600hp	3,364
North American T-6 Harvard	10.12	14.7	2	227kg bombs	P&W R-1340	600hp	2,409
Percival Q6	11.29	16.3	2	-	2 * DH Gipsy Six II	205hp	2,500
Piper Super Cub	7.82	11.26	2	-	Lycoming 0-290	150hp	682
Republic P-47	12.63	14.175	1	8 * 12.7mm machine guns, 909kg bombs	P&W R-2899	2,300hp	8,818
SA-342 Gazelle	10.9	12.04 (rotor diameter)	2	4 * HOT missiles, 1 * 20mm cannon	Turbomeca Astazou	592hp	1,705
Short Stirling IV	31.675	34.68	4	-	4 * Bristol Hercules	1,650hp	31,818
Sikorsky S-61A	25.43	21.7 (rotor diameter)	3	-	2 * GE T-58	1,500hp	10,000
Sikorsky UH-60	17.79	18.55 (rotor diameter)	2	-	2 * GE T700	1,536hp	10,000
Sukhoi Su-7BMK	19.95	10.24	1	2 * 30mm cannon, 4 * 500kg bombs, 4 * 16 57mm rockets	Lyulka AL-7F	7,402kg	13,468
Sukhoi Su-20	21.525	15.84	1	2 * 30mm cannon, 7 * 500kg bombs, 4 * 16 57mm rockets	Lyulka AL-21F	11,227kg	17,727
Supermarine Sea Otter	13.91	16.1	3	-	Bristol Mercury 30	855hp	4,545
Supermarine Spitfire V	10.47	12.89	1	2 * 20mm cannon, 4 * 7.7mm machine guns	RR Merlin	1,440hp	2,917
Supermarine Spitfire Mk 9	10.97	12.89	1	2 * 20mm cannon, 4 * 7.7mm machine guns	RR Merlin	1,710hp	3,318
Supermarine Spitfire Mk 22	11.43	12.92	1	4 * 20mm cannon	RR Griffon 61	2,050hp	4,091
Supermarine Spitfire T.Mk 9	10.97	12.89	2	-	RR Merlin	1,580hp	3,545
Tupolev Tu-16	39.96	37.8	6	7 * 23mm cannon, 3,000kg bombs, AS-5 missile	2 * Mikulin AN-3	9,295kg	34,545
Westland Commando	19.54	21.7 (rotor diameter)	2	1 * machine gun	2 * RR Gnome	1,590hp	9,091
Westland Lysander	10.675	17.5	2	3 * 7.7mm machine guns, 16 * 9kg bombs	Bristol Mercury	840hp	2,682
Westland Sea King	19.54	21.7 (rotor diameter)	4	homing torpedoes	2 * RR Gnome	1,590hp	9,091
Westland Wessex IV	13.3	20.125	3	-	3 * Genet Major	140hp	2,864
Westland Sikorsky S1	19.95	16.8 (rotor diameter)	2	-	P&W Wasp Junior
Yak 11	9.74	10.74	2	1 * 12.7mm machine gun	Shvetsov Ash-21	730hp	2,636
Yak 18	9.57	12.162	2	6 * 57mm rockets	Ivchenko AI-14RF	260hp	1,273
Zlin 226T	8.95	11.81	2	-	Walter Minor 6-III	160hp	818

¹ - license built Fokker Trimotor
² - license built Hawker "Egyptian" Audax
³ - built by Augusta
¬ - license built Fiesler Fi156 Storch

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