[Congressional Research Service] Jeremy M. Sharp - With U.S. military aid, Egypt has purchased 36 Apache helicopters, 220 F-16 aircraft, 880 M1A1 tanks, and the accompanying training and maintenance to support these systems, among other items. In 2007, the Defense Department notified Congress of several possible Foreign Military Sales to Egypt including: M1A1 Abrams tank kits, rolling airframe missiles, TOW anti-armor guided missiles, Stinger missiles, and E2C airborne early warning command and control aircraft (AWACS).
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