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. Miranda Mahoney
Airpark Adventure: AC-119 gunship
1st Special Operations Wing
Sept. 14, 2022 | 0:32
In February 1968, the United States Air Force approved a program to develop AC-119 gunships for special operations duty in Southeast Asia. Their specialized missions included air interdiction, clandestine air support, armed reconnaissance and air base defense. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Miranda Mahoney)
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