Egyptian Air Defense Academy
The Egyptian Air Defenses Academy (Arabic: كلية الدفاع الجوى), is the country's scientific military college aimed to supply the army with its need of the professional engineers. It was established in 1974. Graduates of the Air Defenses Academy get commissioned as officers in the Egyptian Air Defense Command .
Its director is Maj. Gen. Yehia Abd-elgawwad Alshazely.
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