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A force to be reckoned with Posted on 9 August 2010 in Defence The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) or Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya, is one of the largest air arms in the region and is also one of the longest established. Formed in 1930 as the Egyptian Army Air Force, it became fully independent in 1937. Initially it had close links with the British Royal Air Force and was primarily equipped with British-supplied aircraft. Spitfires gave way to Meteors and Vampires before the 1952 revolution, after which the new president, General Gamal Abdel Nasser, turned to the Soviet...

MOJAVE - BAE Systems has been awarded a $17 million Air Force contract to convert at least 13 F-4E aircraft into QF-4 full-scale aerial targets, company officials announced. Converting the aircraft to unmanned drones will be performed at BAE Systems Flight Systems facilities at the Mojave Airport. The work is expected to be completed in 2006, with options potentially totaling $230 million over 10 years. This is the third BAE Systems contract from the Air Force for the drones since 1992. The company is the exclusive provider of QF-4 drones to the Air Force. QF-4 drones are used for weapon...