Adel Khalil Explained

Adel Khalil
Office1:Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command
Term Start1:January 1986
Term End1:December 1987
Predecessor1:El-Said Hamdy
Successor1:Mostafa El-Shazly
President1:Hosni Mubarak
Allegiance: Egypt
Branch: Air Defense Forces
Serviceyears:1951-1987
Rank: Lieutenant General
Unit:2nd Signal Regiment (Signal Corps)

Adel Khalil is a former Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Forces.[1]

He graduated from the Military College on July 1951, and was commissioned in a Signals unit. Khalil commanded a Signals Company in the Suez War. He was inducted into the Air Defence Forces in 1968 as a colonel, and was commander of the Air Defence Forces from January 1986 to December 1987.

Major activities

Second in command of a Brigade of Air Defence units during 6 October war. Continuing the studies of applying the automation system to Air Defence forces.

He participated in the following wars:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Khalil . Adel . Biography of Adel Khalil . mmc.gov.eg . 15 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061116030054/http://www.mmc.gov.eg/branches/airdef/m4.htm . 16 November 2006 .