About 200 servicemen of the Russian and Egyptian Airborne troops have performed joint landing operation from the altitudes of 2,000, 6,000 and 7,000 feet in course of the Defenders of Friendship exercise.

Joint landing operation was held with use of D-10, T-10V, Arbalet, and MS-5 parachute systems from Il-76MD aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces as well as from S-130 and CASA ones of the Egyptian Armed Forces on the Tallet landing site.

Representatives of the Russian Airborne troops have been participating in the joint exercise and landing operation with the Egyptian Armed Forces for the first time.