An Egyptian air force F-16 Fighting Falcon prepares to make contact with a KC-135 Stratotanker from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., during inflight refueling training. A contingent of reservists from the 336th Air Refueling Squadron at March ARB are providing aerial refueling training for Egyptian pilots.
an Egyptian Soldier gives signals to his tanker while moving on shore after dismounting a U.S. Navy vessel during the Amphibious Landing Exercise on the Mediterranean Sea, Sept 15. The exercise is one of six major events conducted during the Central Command directed, Coalition Land Forces Component command/Third U.S. Army run Bright Star exercise.
EAF F-16C block 42 #9956 flies over Egypt with a USN F/A-18 and a USAF F-15 on September 28th, 2005. The aircraft were participating in Bright Star 2005/2006.]
A SH-60 Seahawk helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck of the USS Ingraham (FFG 61) as coalition naval vessels move into formation in the Mediterranean Sea on Sept. 23, 2005. The following vessels in formation are Egyptian frigates ENS Sharmal Seikh and ENS Mubarak, the Pakistan ship PNS Tariq, the Italian ship IT Commondante Bettica and the landing dock ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52). All the ships are participating in Bright Star 2005, a multinational exercise held every two years in Egypt.
Mediterranean Sea (Sept. 17, 2005) - Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Gary McGrath observes Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Michael Fjell perform a Rescue Swimmer Search and Recovery (SAR) jump from a HH-60H Seahawk, during a cast and recovery training mission off the coast of Egypt. McGrath and Fjell are crew members assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 (HSC-21), Detachment Eight currently deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA1). Tarawa, the flagship for Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1), is currently operating off the coast of Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea in support of Exercise Bright Star 2005
Members of military forces representing the United States, Egypt and the Netherlands look on as Mark Gachassin (seated), crew chief, Advanced Composite Manufacturing, launches a remote-controlled MiG-23 Bandit during Exercise Bright Star in the Western Egyptian Desert. The Lafayette, La., native launched five of the lightweight fiberglass target drones during the coalition training event, providing a realistic target for low-altitude air defense gunners with Marine Air Control Group 38 Detachment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) to shoot down during a Stinger missile shoot. The training evolution allowed coalition forces from the host nation and the Netherlands to observe the equipment and procedures used by U.S. Marines to engage low-flying aircraft and met its goal of strengthening the bond between coalition forces, as well as displaying a portion of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)'s warfighting capability.
جنود من الجيش الالماني Members of the German Army Infantry Division demonstrate a platoon size defensive fighting position after dismounting from a German Army Unimog U 1300 L (4×4) truck, equipped with camouflaged netting, during a small arms training course held at Mubarak Military City in Egypt during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional
المدفعية الثقيلة للجيش الاسباني
A5 155mm Self-propelled Howitzer comes ashore at El Omayed, Egypt as US, Spanish and Egyptian Forces conduct amphibious operations, during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners." NOTE: Despite the original caption, this M109A2 is from the Naval Infantry (Infantería de Marina), not the Army.
جندي يوناني يتحدث مع قناص فرنسي
A French sharp shooter explains the capabilities of his FR F2 sniper rifle to a fellow Greek sharp shooter. Military snipers from six countries gathered at the small arms firing range just outside of Mubarak Military City, Egypt, to learn about and shoot each others weapons as part of coalition training for BRIGHT STAR
تشكيل جوي مميز في A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber leads a flight of Egyptian, French, Greek, Italian and U.S. aircraft over the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, during Exercise Bright Star '99/00 on Oct. 25, 1999
Renault TRM 12000 trucks loaded with M-577 armoured command vehicles prepare to transport the equipment from the port to Cairo West. The equipment has been deployed for use during Exercise Bright Star '90.
An air-to-air right side view of a Jordanian F-5 Tiger II aircraft during Exercise SHADOW HAWK'87, a phase of BRIGHT STAR'87.
A Jordanian M113 armored personnel carrier is offloaded from 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft at King Hussein Airport during Exercise SHADOW HAWK'87, a phase of BRIGHT STAR'87.
An M-2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle fires its M-242 25mm main gun while ?maneuvering in the desert ?during the capabilities exercise portion of Exercise Shadow Hawk '87, a phase of Exercise Bright Star '87. The exercise will evaluate procedures used to deploy U.S. tactical and logistical forces.
The Egyptian SA-2 surface-to-air Fan Song E fire control radar of the SA-2 system, in operation during the multinational joint service exercise Bright Star '85.
