Navy
The frigate is one of four, and was built by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems at SBN shipyard.
The drills were conducted with the participation of the helicopter carrier Gamal Abdel Nasser and the frigate Al Galala with the US destroyer USS DELBERT D.BLACK, the statement added.
Nine of those are Syrian, while one is Indian.
The Egyptian frigate (Segm Abu Qir), the French helicopter carrier MISTRAL and the French FREMM-class frigate COURBET carried out many different training activities.
Those were carried out with several countries.
They will last for several days with the participation of Cypriot, Emirati, and Jordanian elements.
Egypt's Navy marked Thursday its 54th anniversary by carrying out several naval and air formations that were on hand to receive the units returning from combat missions
Those took place in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
The meeting was attended by Commander of the Egyptian Naval Force Ahmed Khaled.
That is within the activities of the 4th edition of the presidential initiative Reviving the Roots (NOSTOS).
The naval maneuvers included an air defense exercise, tactical exercises for the use of armed forces with naval units, and electronic warfare exercises.
The second multi-purpose FREMM Bergamini frigate arrived at Alexandria Naval Base on Wednesday as part of a comprehensive strategy to upgrade the Egyptian navy.
Earlier this month, the Egyptian and French naval forces carried out joint exercises also in the Red Sea.
The Egyptian and French naval forces held joint drills in the Red Sea, as announced by Egypt's Military Spokesperson Tamer al-Refai Sunday.
On the Egyptian side, the warships that participated are frigate "Sharm El Sheikh" and corvette "Abou Qir."
The Egyptian and Spanish naval forces held joint drills in the Red Sea's Berenice Military Base.
Egypt's frigate Taba and Greece's warship HS HYDRA F-452 participated in the exercise.
The military exercise is the first naval maneuver that takes place in the Black Sea between both countries.
The drill saw the participation of two Egyptian frigates "Al Nasser" and Abou Qir.
The boat sent a distress signal at 12:00 pm on Thursday after a sudden technical malfunction occurred in the boat, Refai said.
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