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Mohammed Aly Fahmy was born on 11 October, 1920 in Cairo, is an Egyptian military officer (1920–1999). Discover Mohammed Aly Fahmy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

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Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 11 October 1920
Birthday 11 October
Birthplace Cairo
Date of death 11 September, 1999
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Nationality Egypt

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1920

Mohammed Aly Fahmy (11 October 1920 – 11 September 1999) was an Egyptian field marshal, known as the "Father of the Egyptian Air Defense".

Fahmy was born in Cairo in 1920.

He received a degree in engineering from the Cairo University.

1930

Since the 1930s, Air Defense was considered to be a "combat support" arm of the regular Army and was considered less prestigious than the 'combat arms' of Infantry, Cavalry and Field Artillery.

1940

Then he graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy in 1940 and from the Air Defense Academy in Kalinin, Soviet Union.

Following his qraduation Fahmy was commissioned in a cavalry unit and initially commanded armored platoons and squadrons equipped with Cruiser Mk I, Mk II, Crusader and Sherman tanks.

1948

He participated in World War II, the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Suez Crisis, the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War.

1952

In 1952 he was in command of an armored battalion at Alexandria and was crucial during the July coup.

1953

In 1953, he was made an executive staff officer in the Defense Ministry.

1954

In 1954 he was promoted to the rank of colonel.

1955

From 1955 onwards he became interested in the concept of Air Defense and proposed to President Nasser to further extend the existing Air Defense units in the Army which until then was only based on British 20mm Flak guns.

1957

Between 1957 and 1961, six Air Defense battalions, grouped under 2 Brigades were raised from scratch under his supervision as General Staff Officer-II in charge of Operations in the Army HQ.

From 1957–59 he studied in the Soviet Union the concepts and practicals of Air Defense, and came back to command an Air Defense Brigade.

1959

Fahmy married Nadia Abaza in 1959.

They had three children.

He is mostly known for his planning and management of the Egyptian Air Defense Command during the Attrition War and 6 October war and for building "the Egyptian Missile Wall".

He resigned as Chief-of-Staff of the Armed Forces owing to opposition with Egypt's rapprochement with Israel and due to his conflict and rivalry with Hosni Mubarak, a man several years his junior but becoming more important than him in the corridors of power during the Sadat era.

1963

He was made a Major General in 1963.

1964

In 1964, he completed a PhD in the Soviet Union on Air Defense strategy and became the commander of one of the only two Air Defense Divisions in the Army.

1967

After the debacle of 1967, he prevailed upon Nasser to make the Air Defense a separate branch of the Armed Forces, based on the Soviet model.

1968

Between 1968 and 1971 he raised five new Air Defense Brigades and two new Air Defense Divisions, plus established an Air Defense Academy in 1970 for the training of young officers and conscripts.

He was the first commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command from September 1968 to January 1975 and Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces from January 1975 to October 1978.

In this capacity he was also the Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and a close aide to President Sadat.

1980

He retired to live in Iraq from 1980 onwards.

Fahmy was the recipient of the Order of Liberation, Memorial Order of Founding of the United Arab Republic, Military Star; Star of Honour (Palestine Liberation Organization); Yugoslav Star with Gold Belt (First Class) and Order of King Abdulaziz (First Class).