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Video by Senior Airman Erin Dunkleberger

BRIGHT STAR 25: USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon COMAO Sortie

United States Air Forces Central

Sept. 10, 2025 | 5:03

B-roll package includes a combination of take off, aerial maneuvers, a barrel roll, and landing cockpit footage, varying from natural speed to 1.5x and 4x natural speed, from U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin “Flint” Hicok, 378th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, and a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 55th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron during BRIGHT STAR 25 at Cairo West Air Base, Egypt, Sept. 3, 2025. The United States is one of over 40 countries participating in BRIGHT STAR 25, a multilateral U.S. Central Command exercise held with the Arab Republic of Egypt across air, land and sea domains that promotes and enhances regional security and cooperation and improves interoperability in irregular warfare against hybrid threat scenarios. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Erin Dunkleberger)

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