The Egyptian and Sudanese air forces continued on Wednesday their ‘Nile Eagles 1’ joint military drills at Sudan’s Marwa air base, according to Egypt’s Army spokesman Tamer El-Refaie.
In a statement, the spokesman added that said the exercise, which runs until 26 November, is being conducted between the two neighboring countries for the first time.
The joint exercise includes planning and managing joint combat activities that are to be carried out by both the Egyptian and Sudanese air forces.
Multi-tasking fighter air crafts from both sides that will execute offensive and defensive sortie on targets, stated El-Refaie.
He added that the countries’ Special Forces will carry out combat search and rescue activities too.
“The joint exercise began with theoretical and practical lectures to unify the required concepts and exchange expertise between the two sides,” the spokesman said.
He pointed out that Lieutenant General Essam El Din Saeed, Commander of the Sudanese Air Force, inspected the forces participating in the drills and attended a briefing of the training stages, praising the clear harmony touched in the performance between the participating forces on both sides.
He is looking forward to enhancing more military cooperation between the Egyptian and Sudanese air forces to protect the common interests of the two brotherly peoples.
“This training is part of efforts to support military cooperation between the armed forces of both countries and enhance the joint capability to manage airborne activities, using various air force weapons,” he added.
The training with Sudan comes under a series of joint trainings between the Egyptian armed forces and their counterparts.
