The air forces of the US and Egypt have carried out a joint training exercise at a base in the North African country, strengthening military cooperation between the two countries, Arab News reports.
The exercise involved a series of lectures on unifying combat concepts and exchanging training experiences, and saw a number of multitask combat aircraft deployed by the US Air Force and Egyptian Air Force for training flights on operational missions and mid-air refueling in the air both during the day and at night, the Egyptian military said in a statement.
The training flights demonstrated the extent to which the Egyptian Air Force has reached a high level of professionalism that qualifies its fighter pilots to carry out all tasks entrusted to them, the army also added.
Egypt is a major defense partner of the US in the region. The North African country receives hundreds of millions of dollars in defense assistance from Washington.
Egyptian, US forces carry out joint training drill
