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 Tech. Sgt. Colton Elliott
Bomber Task Force Aircrew Flight Equipment
131st Bomb Wing
March 19, 2020 | 1:59
Airman 1st Class Alonza Garcia, aircrew flight equipment specialist, from the 509th Operation Support Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base shares details about how AFE supports the 110th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at RAF Fairford. Airman from the 131st and 509th Bomb Wings are deployed in support of Bomber Task Force Europe, which tests the readiness of the Airmen and equipment that support it, as well as their collective ability to operate at forward locations. U.S. Strategic Command routinely conducts such operations across the globe to demonstrate U.S. commitment to collective defense as these aircraft, Airmen and key support equipment from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, integrate with Geographic Combatant Command operations and activities. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Tech. Sgt. Colton Elliott)
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