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 Airman 1st Class Raul Mercado
Operation Thursday - A mission of firsts
1st Special Operations Wing
March 11, 2025 | 1:45
The 1st Air Commando Group’s maiden aerial invasion into enemy territory in support of British, Chinese and Indian allies, made history on this invasion. The 1st ACG pioneered new tactics and demonstrated the limitlessness of airpower marking a pivotal moment in military history, the birth of Operation Thursday. (U.S. Air Force multimedia video by Airman 1st Class Raul Mercado)
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