Atef Sadat

Atef Sadat was born on March 13, 1948 in village of Mit Abu Al-Kum, Tala District, in Monufia Governorate. He graduated from the Air Force College in 1966, and spent two years in the Soviet Union, attending a training program on air fighters and then fighter bombers (the Sukhoi). In the years 1969 and 1970, Atef Sadat participated in Egyptian offensive operations against Israeli aircraft in the Sinai Peninsula, and his colleagues described him as his experience in the War of Attrition that made him a mentor on Soviet aircraft during that period.[2]

On 5 October 1973, a state of readiness was launched at Belbeis Airport, and every pilot ran a fighter inside the fortified aircraft complex, and the planes were armed with bombs and ready, but the mission was cancelled as this was a training exercise on assembling pilots.[3]

During the Ofira Air Battle, a pair of Israeli F-4E Phantoms challenged 28 Egyptian MiGs over Sharm el-Sheikh and within half an hour, shot down seven or eight MiGs with no losses.[4][5] One of the Egyptian pilots killed was Atif.[1]

To avoid distracting her husband, Jehan Sadat waited until the eighth day of the war before breaking the news of his brother's death to him.[6] He was first reported dead on 5 January 1974 by Egyptian newspapers.[7] He was buried on 31 March 1974.[2]

Order of the Sinai Star : When the celebration was held to honor the heroes of October in the People's Assembly, Anwar Sadat received the Order of the Sinai Star in honor of his brother's name, and the Minister of War, Ahmad Ismail Ali, handed him the medal.[8]