Egyptian and Russian paratroopers participated together in the first Friendship Defenders 2016 drills

Russian and Egyptian paratroopers have performed a combined airdropping operation and destroyed notional terrorists in a seized settlement during the Friendship Defenders 2016 exercise, Colonel Andrei Belyakov, commander of the Russian contingent involved in the maneuvers, said.

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Russian and Egyptian servicemen on unfamiliar landing pad in course of the Defenders of Friendship-2016 joint exercise
(Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense)

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