About African Lion

African Lion 25 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, annual exercise, hosted across Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia. This joint, all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise includes more than 10,000 participants from more than twenty nations, including contingents from NATO. African Lion aims to strengthen interoperability among participants and build readiness to respond to crises and contingencies in Africa and around the world.

The exercise will include a command post exercise, field training exercises, a live-fire demonstration, and humanitarian civic assistance program events. Additionally, humanitarian civic assistance missions will feature a combination of medical, dental and veterinary assistance and exchanges across Morocco, Ghana and Senegal. 

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Video by Staff Sgt. Tyrone Thomas
KC-135 Air Refueling Thunderbirds and A-10 Warthog
452nd Air Mobility Wing
April 14, 2025 | 2:00
A KC-135 Stratotanker conducts simultaneous aerial refueling operations with a Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog" and a USAF Thunderbirds F-16 Fighting Falcon, demonstrating multi-platform interoperability and in-flight fuel transfer precision. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff. Sgt. Tyrone Thomas)
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