FAYYUM, Egypt, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- More than 140 Egyptian
and American paratroopers on Thursday carried out a joint airborne operation in
Fayyum, a governorate south to Cairo as part of a multinational joint training
exercise dubbed Bright Star 2007.
Major General Esmat Morad, commander of Egyptian
paratroopers, said at a press conference that after a 15-hour flight from Fort
Campbell, Kentucky onboard two C-17s, 29 Egyptian paratroopers and112 American
paratroopers from U.S. Central Command's five components (Army, Air Force, Navy,
Marine Corps, and Special Operations) landed here and implemented the tactical
airdrop.
The jump started from the height of 1,500 feet (about
457 meters), with the speed of six meters per second and the complete duration
of two minutes, Morad added. Full story
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