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An E3 Sentry from the 965th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron, Tinker AFB, Okla, flies over the pyramids

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Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 94

Base: Cairo West Air Base

State: Al Qahirah

Country: Egypt (EGY)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Dave Nolan

Release Status: Released to Public

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sentry airborne control control squadron tinker afb tinker afb okla pyramids egypt egyptian pyramids oklahoma air force base technical sergeant high resolution cairo west air base tsgt dave nolan e 3 sentry bright star al qahirah us national archives
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01/01/1993
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sentry airborne control control squadron tinker afb tinker afb okla pyramids egypt egyptian pyramids oklahoma air force base technical sergeant high resolution cairo west air base tsgt dave nolan e 3 sentry bright star al qahirah us national archives