Bright Star '80 part one

Exercise Bright Star '80 part One

The first exercise was conducted from September to December in 1980. U.S. Army units and U.S. Air Force personnel were deployed in Egypt for the exercise.

United States units:

Task Force "Strike", 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
150th Tactical Fighter Group, New Mexico Air National Guard

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, C-141B Starlifter

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, US Army , Egypt Army

U.S. Army troops march to the Egyptian airborne camp to exchange gifts at the conclusion of exercise Bright Star '80, 11/09/1980

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, US Army UH-60A Black Hawk,

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, US Army UH-60A Black Hawk, AH-1 Cobra, OH-58 Kiowa, Egypt pyramids

An air-to-air left side view, from left to right, of two OH-58 Kiowa helicopters, four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and two AH-1 Cobra helicopters in front of two pyramids during exercise Bright Star '80.

An air-to-air left side view, from left to right, of two OH-58 Kiowa helicopters, four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and two AH-1 Cobra helicopters over the city during exercise Bright Star '80

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, UH-60A Black Hawk, C-5A Galaxy

Air Force maintenance crews prepare a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter for shipment aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft to Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, at the conclusion of exercise Bright Star '80, 11/09/1980

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, UH-60 Black Hawk

Air Force maintenance crews prepare a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter for shipment aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft to Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, at the conclusion of exercise Bright Star '80, 11/09/1980

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, UH-60A Black Hawk

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, AH-1 Cobra

A left front view of an AH-1 Cobra helicopter landing after a mission during exercise Bright Star '80.

West Cairo, Egypt, 09 November 1980 — An AH-1 Cobra gunship helicopter takes part in an aerial firepower demonstration, attended by officials from the Egyptian government, during exercise Bright Star ‘80.

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, US Army

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, A-7D Corsair II

Two A-7D Corsair II aircraft come in for landing during exercise Bright Star '80.

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, A-7D Corsair

A left front view of four A-7D Corsair II aircraft preparing for take-off at the conclusion of exercise Bright Star '80.

New Mexico ANG A-7Ds taxiing at Cairo West in the course of 1980’s edition of ‘Bright Star’, the regular joint training exercise involving US and Egyptian forces. Foto: MSgt Donald Sutherland/USAF

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, A-7D Corsair weapons

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, A-7D Corsair crews

LTC James W. Vanscyoc, 150th Tactical Fighter Group, New Mexico Air National Guard, is helped into his anti-exposure suit before departure at the conclusion of exercise Bright Star '80

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, UH-60A Black Hawk, A-7D Corsair II

An air-to-air view of three UH-60A Blackhawk helicopters and three camouflaged A-7D Corsair II aircraft over the airfield during exercise Bright Star '80.

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, UH-60A Black Hawk, Commando

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and an Egyptian Westland Commando helicopter transport news media personnel to an aerial firepower demonstration site during exercise Bright Star '80, 11/09/1980

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, Mi-8T Hip-C

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, C-5A Galaxy, UH-60A BlackHawk

An aerial view of exercise BRIGHT STAR '80 facilities, 11/09/1980

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt, Tu-16K Badger

Egyptian Air Force Tu-16 during the exercise Bright Star in 1980

Exercise Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, USAF in Egypt. C-5A Galaxy

Photo credits: Department of Defense; National Guard Bureau; U.S. Army

Tags:
Operation Bright Star '80, Bright Star 1980, Pyramid, West Cairo, 150th Tactical Fighter Group, 502nd Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, USAF, U.S. Army, Egyptian airborne, OH-58 Kiowa, UH-60 Black Hawk, AH-1 Cobra gunship, firepower demonstration, C-5 Galaxy, A-7D Corsair II, C-141B Starlifter, Egyptian Westland Commando, Mi-8 Hip, Tu-16 Badger, Egyptian Army, Egyptian Air Force