It is reported that on the morning of June 5, 1967, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Abdel Hakim Amer, was on board his plane from Almaza Air Force Base in Cairo, heading to Bir Thamada Airport to meet the leaders of the Front and the theater of operations in Sinai, who left their command positions and headed by helicopters to meet their commander and lined up already On the ground of the airport, however, the pilot of the Marshal’s plane saw the Israeli planes attacking the airport and informed the commander of the Air Force at the time, Lieutenant General Mohamed Sidqi Mahmoud, who ordered the pilot to maneuver and return to Cairo airport , It is believed that this visit was a reason for restricting the use of air defense means around the airports, which made it an easy hunt For Israeli aircraft that were never encountered. (Book: Salah al-Din al-Hadidi - Witness to the 1967 setback - pages 184 to 190 - Dar Al-Shorouk, Deposit No. 3429/1974)