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Bright Star exercise a success despite mishaps
More than 800 paratroopers dropped into the Western Desert at Cairo West Air Base in Egypt for Bright Star 82 as 850 Americans and 10 Egyptians carried 60 pound packs and M 16s. One U S major broke his hip, others suffered minor injuries while a gamma goat vehicle crashed when its parachute failed. The operation included a special forces drop and tied into a month long exercise with 4,000 Americans and 2,000 in regional drills. Lt Gen Robert Kingston praised the drop as successful.
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Cairo West Air Base
Egypt
Western Desert
America
U.S
Cairo
Sudan
Somalia
Oman
82Nd Airborne Division
Pope Air Force Base
N.C
Europe
Mediterranean
82Nd
24Th Mechanized
Fort Stewart
Robert C. Kingston
Mustafa Mahmoud
Army