Egyptian Armed Forces
The Egyptian Armed Forces (Egyptian Arabic: القوات المسلحة المصرية, romanized: alquwwat almusalahat almisria, Egyptian (Coptic): ⲠⲐⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲓ) are the military forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt. They consist of the Egyptian Army, Egyptian Navy, Egyptian Air Force and Egyptian Air Defense Forces.
| Egyptian Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
| القوات المسلحة المصرية (Egyptian Arabic) ⲠⲐⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲓ (Coptic) | |
Emblem of the Egyptian Armed Forces | |
| Motto | Victory or Martyrdom |
| Founded | c. 3150 BC (ancient Egypt) 305 BC (ancient Egypt (Ptolemaic)) 868 (Tulunid) 935 (Ikhshidid) 969 (Fatimid) 1171 (Ayyubid) 1250 (Mamluk) 1820 (modern) |
| Service branches | Egyptian Army Egyptian Navy Egyptian Air Force Egyptian Air Defense Forces |
| Headquarters | Cairo |
| Website | www |
| Leadership | |
| Supreme Commander | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| Minister of Defense | General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki |
| Chief of Staff | Lieutenant General Osama Askar |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 18–49 |
| Conscription | 1–3 years depending on circumstances |
| Active personnel | 438,500 |
| Reserve personnel | 479,000 |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | 4.82 billion dollars (in addition to 1.3 billion US aid) |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | Arab Organization for Industrialization Ministry of Military Production Alexandria Shipyard |
| Foreign suppliers | Current: Former:
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| History | List of engagements
Wahhabi War Egyptian conquest of Sudan (1820–1824) Greek War of Independence Egyptian-Ottoman War (1831-1833) Syrian Peasant Revolt (1834–1835) Ethiopian–Egyptian border conflict 1838 Druze Revolt Egyptian-Ottoman War (1839-1841) Crimean War Second French intervention in Mexico Cretan Revolt (1866-1869) Egyptian invasion of the Eastern Horn of Africa Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876-1878) Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) Egyptian–Ethiopian War 'Urabi revolt Anglo-Egyptian War Mahdist War Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan World War I Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition 1919 Revolution of Egypt World War II 1948 Palestine War Egyptian Revolution of 1952 Tripartite Aggression North Yemen Civil War Six-Day War Nigerian Civil War War of Attrition October War Shaba I Egyptian–Libyan War 1986 Egyptian conscripts riot 1999 East Timorese crisis Gulf War War on Terror Egyptian revolution of 2011 2013 Egyptian coup d'état Sinai insurgency Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Egyptian involvement in the Second Libyan Civil War |
| Ranks | Military ranks of Egypt |
The President of the Republic serves as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. The Minister of Defence and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the senior uniformed officer, is General Mohamed Zaki (since June 2018), and the Chief of Staff is Lieutenant General Osama Askar (since October 2021).
Senior members of the military can convene the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, such as during the course of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, when President Mubarak resigned and transferred power to this body on February 11, 2011.
The armament of the Egyptian armed forces varies between eastern and western sources through weapons deliveries by several countries, led by the United States, Russia, France, China, Italy, Ukraine and Britain. Much of the equipment is manufactured locally at Egyptian factories. The Egyptian armed forces celebrate their anniversary on October 6 each year to commemorate the Crossing of the Suez during the October War of 1973.
The modern Egyptian armed forces have been involved in numerous military crises and wars since independence, from the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Egyptian Revolution of 1952, Suez Crisis, North Yemen Civil War, Six-Day War, Nigerian Civil War, War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War, Egyptian bread riots, 1986 Egyptian conscripts riot, Egyptian-Libyan War, Gulf War, War on Terror, Egyptian Crisis, Second Libyan Civil War, War on ISIL and the Sinai insurgency.