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. William Hopper
Blacksnakes perform close air support
122nd Fighter Wing
Feb. 11, 2018 | 1:00
A U.S. Air Force pilot with the Indiana Air National Guard, performs a Close Air Support (CAS) mission in an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft during Operation Guardian Blitz Jan. 31, 2018, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Operation Guardian Blitz provided training opportunities to practice the core skills of CAS, forward air control and combat search and rescue in a joint environment. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Staff Sgt. William Hopper)
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