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

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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 The S-125 ''Neva/Pechora'' (, NATO reporting name SA-3 ''Goa'') is a Soviet surface-to-air missile system that was designed by Aleksei Isaev to complement the S-25 and S-75. It has a shorter effective range and lower engagement altitude than ei ...

and

ZSU-23-4 The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" is a lightly armored Soviet self-propelled, radar-guided Anti-aircraft warfare, anti-aircraft weapon system (Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon, SPAAG). It was superseded by the 2K22 Tunguska (SA-19 Grison). Etymology Th ...

during the

War of Attrition The War of Attrition (; ) involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and their allies from 1967 to 1970. Following the 1967 Six-Day War, no serious diplomatic efforts were made to resolve t ...

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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Talib, Ahmed Abou Egyptian generals 1938 births Living people