Egypt Ka-52 and AH-64 helicopters take off from amphibious assault ship ENS Gamal Abdel Nasser

In December 2019, Egyptian Naval Forces conducted a large military exercise codenamed “Friendship Bridge 2019“ in the Mediterranean Sea using latest acquisition of combat ships including the ENS Gamal Abdel Nasser (L1010), a Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) of the French Mistral class, as well as Perry-class frigates, missile boats (Soliman Ezzat), Class-209 submarine, a number of anti-submarine units and special forces. Read full news at this link