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.
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: