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 Master Sgt. Eugene Crist
Memorial Service for Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Charles "Chuck" Yeager
130th Airlift Wing
March 1, 2021 | 1:23
Air Force II taxies under a water cannon salute honoring the life of Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Charles “Chuck” Yeager, at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, West Virginia, Jan. 15, 2021. Yeager was a renowned aviator and test pilot, becoming the first human to break the sound barrier on Oct. 14, 1947 when he flew the experimental Bell X-1 at more than Mach 1. Among his many honorariums, Yeager was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame, the International Air & Space Hall of Fame, the International Space Hall of Fame, and was awarded the Congressional Silver Medal. Yeager died the evening of Dec. 7, 2020 at the age of 97. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Eugene Crist)
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