Adel Khalil

Adel Khalil
Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command
In office January 1986 – December 1987
President	Hosni Mubarak
Preceded by	El-Said Hamdy
Succeeded by	Mostafa El-Shazly
Military service
Allegiance	Egypt
Branch/service	Air Defense Forces
Years of service	1951-1987
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	2nd Signal Regiment (Signal Corps)

Adel_Khalil is a former Egyptian Air Defense Force Commander.^[1]

Graduated from the Military College on July 1951. Commissioned in a Signals unit. Commanded a Signals Company in the Suez War. Inducted into the Air Defence Forces in 1968 as a colonel. Commander of the Air Defence Forces from Jan.1986 to Dec.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. Participated in the following wars:

• Tripartite Aggression
• The Six-Day War
• The Yom Kippur War:

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