American air force officer killed in Bright Star maneuvers in Egypt

A spokesman for the U.S. military taking part in the Bright Star maneuvers currently taking place in Egypt announced that one officer from the air force was killed and two others injured in a traffic accident.

Maj. Scott Pex said that the three men whose name was not disclosed were riding a car running on al-Ameen highway west of Alexandria when the accident took place.

The Bright Star maneuvers are regularly held in the Egyptian lands with the participation of 16,000 soldiers from 14 countries with most of them Americans and Egyptians. This maneuver is held in the course of enhancing security cooperation between the USA and its allies in the Middle East.