{{Short description|Egyptian Air Defense Forces Commander}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Adel Khalil | office1 = Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command | term_start1 = January 1986 | term_end1 = December 1987 | predecessor1 = El-Said Hamdy | successor1 = Mostafa El-Shazly | president1 = Hosni Mubarak | birth_date = | death_date = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial = | placeofburial_label = | allegiance = {{flag|Egypt}} | branch = 20px Air Defense Forces | service_years = 1951–1987 | rank = 25px Lieutenant General | commands = | unit = 2nd Signal Regiment (Signal Corps) | battles = | laterwork = }} '''Adel Khalil''' ({{Langx|ar|عادل خليل}}) is a former Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Forces.<ref>{{cite web|last=Khalil |first=Adel |title=Biography of Adel Khalil |url=http://www.mmc.gov.eg/branches/airdef/m4.htm |work=mmc.gov.eg |accessdate=15 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116030054/http://www.mmc.gov.eg/branches/airdef/m4.htm |archivedate=16 November 2006 }}</ref>
He graduated from the Military College in July 1951, and was commissioned in a Signals unit. Khalil commanded a Signals Company in the Suez War. He was inducted into the Air Defence Forces in 1968 as a colonel, and was commander of the Air Defence Forces from January 1986 to December 1987.
== Major activities == Second in command of a Brigade of Air Defence units during 6 October war. Continuing the studies of applying the automation system to Air Defence forces.
He participated in the following wars:
* Tripartite Aggression * The Six-Day War * The Yom Kippur War
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{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=El-Said Hamdy}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander of the Egyptian Air Defence Forces|years=January 1986 - December 1987}} {{s-aft|after=Mostafa El-Shazly}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khalil, Adel}} Category:Egyptian generals Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people