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The Egyptian Air Force, or EAF, is the aviation branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. The EAF is headed by an Air Marshal. Currently, the commander of the Egyptian Air Force is Air Marshal Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed. The force's motto is 'Higher and higher for the sake of glory' . Currently the EAF has over 586 combat aircraft and 149 armed helicopters. The backbone of the Egyptian Air Force is 216 (220 received, 18 were lost in mishaps/accidents and 7 F-16A/B grounded, but later on, were overhauled and updated; 14 additional F-16 were acquired to replace the 18 lost). The Egyptian Air Force is the 4th largest operator of F-16's in the world.
