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Adel Amin Hafez

Egyptian Air Force chief of staff

Died when: 91 years 179 days (1097 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Adel Amin Hafez

Adel Amin Hafez (Arabic: عادل أمين حافظ‎; 1 March 1919 – 27 August 2010) was Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Air Force from 1964 to 1966.

In September 1949 he became the first Egyptian aviator to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an Egyptian aircraft.In October of the same year, he was granted the Golden Medal of Merit by King Farouk I of Egypt for the accomplishment.


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