03-Jan-23 - Egyptian Air Force will receive 12 Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters under a $426M U.S. Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract. Egypt began operating the Chinook in 1981 with the C and D models. Deliveries planned for 2026 #Egypt
29-May-22 - U.S. State Department approved possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 23 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters to Egypt worth $2.6 billion #Chinook
25-Apr-19 - Although not yet confirmed by Leonardo, the Egyptian Navy selected the AW149 over the NH90 for a ship-borne helicopter to be used in the new Mistral class assault ships #AW149
06-Dec-18 - Egypt’ Helwan Factory for Developed Industries (HFDI) will be a certified maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) center for Mi-8T and Mi-17-1V in 2019. Future plans includes the Mi-17V-5 type. All these helicopters are operated by the Egyptian Air Force #Egypt
03-Dec-18 - US State Dept approved possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 10 Boeing AH-64E Apache and related training and support equipment to Egypt valued $ 1 Billion. #Egypt
08-Dec-15 - Russian Helicopters is preparing to provide after-sales service to Egyptian Air Force. The repair base in Heluane will be retooled in order to provide technical support to the Mi-8T and Mi-17-1V.
24-Jun-15 - US Army’ training teams for the CH-47D Chinook (Sept.1998-Dec.2014) and AH-64D Apache (Febr.1993-Jun.2015) concluded their work and departed from Egypt #SATMO
25-Sep-00 - MESA, Ariz. -- The government of Egypt has signed a letter of offer and acceptance with the United States Department of Defense calling for 35 of Egypt's AH-64A Apache helicopters to be remanufactured into the AH-64D configuration.
