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Exercise Bright Star '82

In 1981 bilateral ground maneuvers were conducted with a larger forces from United States and Egypt countries. With this increase in troop size the logistics involved in conducting the exercise grew as well. New participants: Sudan, Somalia and Sudan

A right side view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in flight over one of the Great Pyramids during Exercise BRIGHT STAR '82, 12/01/1981

A right side view of a formation of four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft flying near a pyramid during exercise Bright Star '82, 11/01/1981

A right side view of a formation of four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in flight over the pyramids during exercise Bright Star '82, 11/01/1981

A right side view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in flight near the pyramids during exercise Bright Star '82, 11/01/1981

EAF MiG-21PFM flying by a pyramid during exercise 'Bright Star `82' on November 1st, 1981

A right side view of aircraft in flight over the desert during exercise Bright Star '82. The aircraft are from front to back: a MiG-21PFM, F-16 Fighting Falcon, MiG-15UTI and an A-10 Thunderbolt II. Date Shot: 11/1/1981

An air-to-air right side view of UH-60 BlackHawk and AH-1G Cobra helicopters in front of the pyramids during exercise Bright Star '82, 11/01/1981

UH-60 BlackHawk and one AH-1G Cobra helicopters in front of a pyramid during exercise Bright Star '82

A front view of several A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. The aircraft have just arrived to take part in exercise Bright Star '82, 11/01/1981

Egyptian MiG-21F-13 Live Fire Exercise in Bright Star '82

C-130E of the 130th Airlift Group out of Charleston, West Virginia flying over the famed pyramids of Egypt in November, 1981. The 130th was the first ANG unit to participate in Bright Star.

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Operation Bright Star '82, Bright Star 1982, Pyramid, West Cairo, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, 24th Armor Division, F-16A block 1, block 5, block 10, A-10A Thunderbolt, USAF, U.S. Army, Egyptian airborne, CH-3 Jolly Green Giant, UH-60 Black Hawk, AH-1 Cobra gunship, Egyptian MiG-21PFM, Egyptian MiG-21F-13, Egyptian MiG-15UTI, Egyptian Army, Egyptian Air Force