Twelve ERJ-170s were delivered to Egypt between 2007 and 2009. SU-GDG was withdrawn and stored at Cairo along with SU-GDJ and SU-GCT since 2019, EgyptAir Express now operating A220s

From 44 Sqdn/104 TFW.

From Shaheen 1 Sqdn at Abu Dhabi/Al Dhafra

From the Al Dhafra Air Wing at Abu Dhabi

Around 24 Apache gunships were delivered to form 41 Sqdn under Flying Wing 4 at Doha airbase

A VIP Mi-17 with square windows from 55 Sqdn/547 AW at Beni Suef

Following a similar course to TZ-SPA stored adjacent, this L.1011 was delivered to Delta in 1982 as N1739D and converted to Tristar 250 at the end of 1986. Ferried from Victorville to Dakar in March 2005 to become EX-056 with Sky Gate International Aviation and transferred to SAM Intercontinental as TZ-SGI in November 2008. Like the other two Tristars here, stored since 2010

Delivered in 2007 as SU-SMB but has since been N262NA and UR-CQO

Converted to freighter at Miami and re-delivered in February 2023

In the static park, with other C-130s carrying personnel visiting each day

Another of the three L.1011s at El Alamein, originally N741DA delivered to Delta in 1983 as a Tristar 1 and converted to 250 in 1987. It was sold to Sky Gate International Aviation as EX-044 in 2004 and to SAM Intercontinental under Mali registration in 2007 for cargo operation. Stored at El Alamein since 2010

One of three Tristars at El Alamein, being used as a promotional billboard at the entrance of the first Egypt International Airshow. Originally delivered to Royal Jordanian as JY-AGD in 1982 and to American Trans Air as N163AT in 1998, it operated till withdrawn ten years later. After passing through the hands of a couple of Jordanian companies it was acquired by Rollins Air and registered in Honduras, but never entered service and has been stored here since 2010

From September 1979 Egypt started to receive the first of 35 ex-USAF F-4Es for operation by the 222nd Fighter Regiment here at Cairo West. They were found to be a challenge to operate and maintain, being far more complex than the MiG-21s to which they were accustomed. However by 1885 serviceability had improved considerably and a further seven were obtained in 1988. They were replaced by F-16s and withdrawn during the 1990s. This aircraft was formerly 67-0373 and now guards the gate of the airbase.

Originally E8733, the letter R appears to have been added to the serial when the aircraft was rebuilt as a trainer. With 47 Squadron at the time of the photo. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

G-AAXE passing leisurely over the Suez Canal on the sector between Alexandra and Gaza. It was destroyed in a hangar fire at Karachi on May 31, 1937. Photo from: D.W.F Bonham-Carter DFC (via Jim Cownie)

Photographer not known

on short final to Cairo's rwy 05C

F-AJAI flew in the Middle East with Air France and the Société des Transports du Proche-Orient (STPO). In 1937 it was bought by Capt Georges Goumin, who served at Rayak in Lebanon. Goumin was recalled to France in 1938 and led a group of pilots escaping to England in 1940. Wearing the cream and orange colours of STPO with the logo of the Aéro-Club Maurice Noguès in Damascus, F-AJAI is seen during a trip to Luxor. The pilot here may still be Goumin, even if the given 1939 date is correct, according to researcher Michel Barrière. Registration allegedly stricken in April 1939. In 1942 the aircraft served with the Free French forces as FL-AUM. Photo from: Gérald Garitan