Editing Gloster Meteor (section)

===Egypt===
Although Egypt's first order for the Meteor was placed in 1948, the rising tension in the region led to the imposition of a series of arms embargoes. Twelve F Mk.4s were eventually delivered between October 1949 and May 1950,<ref name="James p263">James 1971, p. 263.</ref> along with three T Mk.7s.<ref name="James p270">James 1971, p. 270.</ref> Twenty-four F Mk.8s were ordered in 1949, but this order was stopped by an embargo. A further order for 12 ex-RAF F.8s was placed in December 1952, of which four were delivered before the order was cancelled, with the final eight being delivered in 1955,<ref name="James p280">James 1971, p. 280.</ref> along with three more T Mk.7s.<ref name="James p270"/> and six NF Mk.13s, all ex-RAF aircraft.<ref name="James p298">James 1971, p. 298.</ref> Britain had allowed the Meteor sales as part of an effort to foster and support good relations; tensions over the [[Suez Canal]] led to arms sales being suspended once again.<ref>Jabber 1981, pp. 81, 99–100.</ref>

Egyptian Meteors participated in the fighting during the Suez Crisis of 1956, typically being used in ground attack missions against Israeli forces.<ref name="AE112 p57">Nicolle ''Air Enthusiast'' No 112, p.57.</ref><ref name="AE113 p36-7">Nicolle ''Air Enthusiast'' No 113, pp. 36–37.</ref> In one incident, an Egyptian Meteor NF Mk.13 claimed to have damaged an RAF [[Vickers Valiant]] bomber.<ref name="AE113 p43">Nicolle ''Air Enthusiast'' No 113, p. 43.</ref> An aerial bombing campaign of Egyptian airfields by Anglo-French forces resulted in several aircraft being destroyed on the ground; the Egyptian Air Force subsequently withdrew from combat within the [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai]] region.<ref name="AE114 p54">Nicolle ''Air Enthusiast'' No 114, p. 54.</ref><ref name = "aloni 24"/>