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. Frederick Brown
Thunderbird #8 site surveys Beale AFB ahead of June Air and Space Show
9th Reconnaissance Wing
Feb. 7, 2025 | 11:10
U.S. Air Force Thunderbird #8 visited Beale Air Force Base, California, to conduct a site survey in preparation for Beale's upcoming Air and Space Show on February 7, 2025. This video contains b-roll of Thunderbird #8, an F-16D General Dynamics Fighting Falcon's flight, site survey, landing, taxiing and take-off. This video also contains interviews of U.S. Air Force Maj. Bryce Turner, United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" Thunderbird #8 pilot, and 2nd Lt. Sharon Cardenas, 9th Reconnaissance Wing public affairs officer. (U.S. Air Force video by Frederick A. Brown)
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