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  • Egyptian Air Force Phantoms.
    The Al Quwwat al Jawwiya il Misriya (Egyptian Air Force or EAF) encountered Israeli F-4s during fighting between the two states, especially during the later stages of the War of Attrition and the 1973 Yom Kippur War. These encounters gave the EAF a measure of the type's effectiveness, especially as a bomber.

    After the Camp David Accords, and the Egypt–Israel peace treaty signed on 26 March 1979, Egypt ended its military dependence on the Soviet Union. It also lost the financial support of the other Arab states, and Saudi Arabia cancelled its plans to send Egypt 50 F-5s. The U.S. State Department proposed trading Egypt new military hardware in exchange for military aircraft made in the USSR, including MiG-21s, and the newer MiG-23s delivered to them by the Soviets prior to their breakdown of relations in 1976.

    Under the September 1977 Peace Pharaoh agreement, 35 ex-31 TFW F-4Es along with a number of Sparrow, Sidewinder and Maverick missiles were supplied to the EAF for US$594 million and served with 76 and 78 Squadrons of the 222 Fighter Regiment. Initially, Egyptian ground crews found their maintenance far more complex than required for Soviet aircraft and consequently there was an average of only nine F-4s serviceable during 1982, a 26% serviceability rate. To correct the situation, Egypt considered selling some of the F-4s to Turkey and buying extra General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons. However, assistance from U.S. advisors in 1985 made it possible to reach a reasonable serviceability rate, and in 1988 another seven F-4s were delivered. While further purchases of F-4s and upgrades were considered, these plans were rejected in favour of additional orders for F-16s.

    By the end of the 1990s, three aircraft had crashed but were replaced with three others.As of 2018 the two squadrons of F-4s are retired and are in storage/reserve.
    (Text from Wikki)
    Below serials.
    66-298/338 McDonnell F-4E-32-MC Phantom
    0337 to Egypt in 1980
    66-339/382 McDonnell F-4E-33-MC Phantom
    0340 to Egypt in 1980 (7814)
    0341 to Egypt in 1980 (7823)
    0343 to Egypt in 1980
    0349 to Egypt in 1980, w/o 8/22/83
    0353 to Egypt in 1980
    0358 to Egypt in 1980
    0360 to Egypt in 1980 (7802)
    0362 to Egypt in 1980
    0364 to Egypt in 1980 (7801)
    0366 to Egypt in 1980 (7813)
    0375 to Egypt in 1980 (7801)
    67-208/219 McDonnell F-4E-33-MC Phantom
    0211 to Egypt in 1980
    0212 to Egypt in 1980 (7825)
    0213 to Egypt in 1980
    67-220/282 McDonnell F-4E-34-MC Phantom
    0220 to Egypt in 1980 (7831)
    0231 to Egypt in 1980
    0236 to Egypt in 1980
    0238 to Egypt in 1980 (7811)
    0239 to Egypt in 1980
    0242 to Egypt in 1980
    0264 to Egypt in 1980 (7809)
    0278 to Egypt in 1980 (7835)
    67-283/341 McDonnell F-4E-35-MC Phantom
    0289 to Egypt in 1980 (7817)
    0305 to Egypt in 1980 (7820)
    0307 to Egypt in 1980 (7816)
    0309 to Egypt in 1980
    0313 to Egypt in 1980 (7815)
    0317 to Egypt in 1980 (7806)
    0322 to Egypt in 1980 (7812)
    0328 to Egypt as replacement
    0332 to Egypt as replacement (7824)
    0341 to Egypt in 1980 (7832)
    67-342/398 McDonnell F-4E-36-MC Phantom
    0355 to Egypt in 1980
    0366 to Egypt as replacement
    0371 to Egypt in 1980
    0373 to Egypt in 1980
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    83e990c96a65
    4e9705ad5e5b
    E1ffed0e447b
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