El-Said Hamdy

El-Said Hamdy (born 24 February 1928) graduated from the Military College on Feb. 1948. Served in an Artillery regiment in the 1948 War. Commanded a Self-Propelled Artillery battery in the Suez War. Commander of the Air Defence Forces from Dec.1979 to Jan.1986.^[1]

El-Said Hamdy
Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command
In office December 1979 – January 1986
President	Anwar Sadat
Preceded by	Helmy Afify Abd El-Bar
Succeeded by	Adel Khalil
Personal details
Born	(1928-02-24)24 February 1928
Military service
Allegiance	Egypt
Branch/service	Air Defense Forces
Years of service	1948–1986
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	17th Horse Artillery
Commands	Air Defense College (1969–1972) 2nd Air Defense Brigade (1972–1975) 3rd Air Defense Division (1975–1978) Director of Air Defense Operations and Staff (1978–1979) Egyptian Air Defense Forces (1979–1986)

Major Activities:

Diversification of sources of Air Defence weapons and augmenting the following stern missiles and Radar equipment: Hawk, Amoun missiles systems, TPS 59, TPS 63 radar systems to the Air Defence forces. Starting the studies of applying command control and communication system to the Air defence forces. Participated in the following wars:

• Tripartite Aggression
• Six Day War
• Yom Kippur War