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Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '80

Base: Cairo West

Country: Egypt (EGY)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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09/11/1980
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cobra gunship helicopter cobra gunship helicopter part firepower demonstration firepower demonstration officials egyptian government egyptian government exercise bright star exercise bright star ah 1 cobra staff sergeant egypt high resolution ah 1 cobra gunship helicopter bright star ssgt bill thompson cairo west aviation military aircraft us national archives ch 47 chinook