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 Senior Airman Izabella Workman
Expeditionary Air Control Squadron Feature (NO GRAPHICS)
United States Air Forces Central
Aug. 20, 2018 | 1:58
The 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron (EACS) established a new site at a Coalition airfield in Northeast Syria to support their radars that provide a constant live picture of the airspace over Operation Inherent Resolve, the NATO Resolute Support Mission and Operation Freedom's Sentinel. Known as "Kingpin", the 727th EACS is comprised of 14 career fields that are responsible for monitoring and providing vital air picture information to ensure the successful completion of assigned missions in the theater. Interviews are in the following order: (voiceover only) Capt. Sarah Wolfson, Det 7 Commander and SSgt. Benjamin Johnston, Ground Radar Maintenance Technician.
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