Ahmed Abou Talib

Ahmed Abou Talib
Ahmed Abou Talib
Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command
	In office; April 1993 – April 1996
President	Hosni Mubarak
Preceded by	Zaher Abd El-Rahman
Succeeded by	Mohammed Elshahat
Personal details
Born	4 August 1938
Military service
Allegiance	Egypt
Branch/service	Air Defense Forces
Years of service	1959-1996
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	6th SPAAG Regiment
Battles/wars	Six Day War; War of Attrition; Yom Kippur War

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Ahmed Abou Talib is a former commander of the Egyptian Air Defence Forces. He graduated from the Military College in April 1959 and was commissioned in a SPAAG regiment. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Air Defence Forces from April 1993 to April 1996.

Major Activities:

Commanding a Battalion of SA-3 and ZSU-23-4 during the War of Attrition between 1970 and 1973. Chief of Operations in 2nd SAM Brigade from 1973 until 1977. Commander of 1st SAM Brigade between 1979 and 1982. Starting the operation of central sector of command, control and communication system of the Air defence forces. Participated in the following wars:

1967 war
1973 war

References

^ Talib, Ahmed Abou. "Biography of Ahmed Abou Talib". mmc.gov.eg. Archived from the original on July 17, 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.

Military offices
Preceded by Zaher Abd El-Rahman	Commander of the Egyptian Air Defence Forces April 1993 – April 1996	Succeeded by Mohammed Elshahat

[1] Talib, Ahmed Abou. "Biography of Ahmed Abou Talib". mmc.gov.eg. Archived from the original on July 17, 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.

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