| El-Said Hamdy | |
| Office4: | Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command |
| Term Start4: | December 1979 |
| Term End4: | January 1986 |
| Predecessor4: | Helmy Afify Abd El-Bar |
| Successor4: | Adel Khalil |
| President4: | Anwar Sadat |
| Birth Date: | 24 February 1928 |
| Allegiance: |  Egypt |
| Branch: | Air Defense Forces |
| Serviceyears: | 1948-1986 |
| Rank: | Lieutenant General |
| Commands: | Air Defense College (1969-1972) 2nd Air Defense Brigade (1972-1975) 3rd Air Defense Division (1975-1978) Director of Air Defense Operations and Staff (1978-79) Egyptian Air Defense Forces (1979-1986) |
| Unit: | 17th Horse Artillery |
El-Said Hamdy graduated from the Military College on Feb. 1948. Served in an Artillery regiment in the 1948 War. Commanded a Self-Propelled Artillery battery in the Suez War. Commander of the Air Defence Forces from Dec.1979 to Jan.1986.[1]
Major Activities:
Diversification of sources of Air Defence weapons and augmenting the following stern missiles and Radar equipment: Hawk, Amoun missiles systems, TPS 59, TPS 63 radar systems to the Air Defence forces.Starting the studies of applying command control and communication system to the Air defence forces.Participated in the following wars: