page_title: Operation Bright Star
hierarchical_section_title: Operation Bright Star
caption_attribution_description: Original caption: "Parachutes fill the air as a mass drop of approximately 1000 troops takes place during exercise Bright Star '82. C-5 Galaxy aircraft are being used. "
context_page_description: Operation Bright Star is a joint multi-lateral, multi-national military exercise held every two years in Egypt. It is usually a series of combined and joint training exercises led by United States and Egyptian military forces. The exercises began in 1980, after the Camp David Accords were signed – the military forces of Egypt and the United States agreed to conduct coalition training in Egypt.
  Bright Star is designed to strengthen ties between the Egyptian Armed Forces and the United States Central Command and demonstrate and enhance the ability of the Americans to reinforce their allies in the Middle East in the event of war. These deployments usually are centered at the large Cairo West Air Base. Since the liberation of Kuwait in Operation Desert Storm, the exercises have grown to include as many as 11 countries and 70,000 personnel. Nations joining Bright Star exercises have included the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Netherlands, Jordan, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.
  The exercises begin with coalition interoperability training on how to operate with one another in a wartime environment.
context_section_description: Operation Bright Star is a joint multi-lateral, multi-national  military exercise held every two years in Egypt. It is usually a series of combined and joint training exercises led by United States and Egyptian military forces. The exercises began in 1980, after the Camp David Accords were signed – the military forces of Egypt and the United States agreed to conduct coalition training in Egypt. 
  Bright Star is designed to strengthen ties between the Egyptian Armed Forces and the United States Central Command and demonstrate and enhance the ability of the Americans to reinforce their allies in the Middle East in the event of war. These deployments usually are centered at the large Cairo West Air Base. Since the liberation of Kuwait in Operation Desert Storm, the exercises have grown  to include as many as 11 countries and 70,000 personnel. Nations joining Bright Star exercises  have included the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Netherlands, Jordan, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.
  The exercises begin with coalition interoperability training on how to operate with one another in a wartime environment. They then continue with a command post exercise (CPX) designed to help standardize command and control procedures, and a large-scale field training exercise (FTX) to practice everything together.
caption: A mass drop of paratroopers during Bright Star '81
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