Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed (Arabic: رضا محمود حافظ; 3 March 1952 – 3 December 2013) was the commander of the Egyptian Air Force.
Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed graduated from the Egyptian Air Academy in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in aviation and military Sciences.
[2] It was while Mohamed was in command that Air Force F-16s overflew the protesters in Tahrir Square during 2011 Egyptian revolution, although no attempt was made to attack the demonstrators.
[3] Mohamed was a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces which, after Hosni Mubarak had departed the presidency, has carried out the executive function within the Egyptian state.
In the Autumn of 2013 Hafez began to suffer from severe heart problems and he died at the International Medical Centre hospital on 3 December 2013.