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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French Air Force visits Joint Base Langley-Eustis
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July 7, 2021 | 4:25
B-Roll package containing Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force General Philippe Lavigne's arrival and greeting of the arriving French Dassault Rafale jets, Air Combat Command Commander General Mark D. Kelly and Joint Base Langley-Eustis Commander Colonel Gregory S. Beaulieu greet General Philippe Lavigne and inspect the arriving French Dassault Rafale jets, July 6, 2021, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. The French Air Force visited JBLE as they returned to France from the Heifara Wakea mission in the Pacific. During their visit, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. alongside French Air and Space Force Chief of Staff, General Philippe Lavigne participated in a wreath laying event to honor French and American forces who fought at the Battle of Yorktown and commemorate the partnership that endures, Yorktown, Virginia, July 7, 2021. In the fall of 1781, the Battle of Yorktown, marked the last major battle of the American Revolution against British forces and effectively secured independence for the American colonies following a six-and-a-half-year military struggle. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman John Foister)
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