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 Sgt. Joshua Brittenham
B-Roll: U.S Marines and Australian Airmen load CATM-120 Missiles together
3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
July 8, 2023 | 2:00
U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airmen with RAAF No. 3 Squadron prepare to load a Captive Air Training Missile 120 onto a U.S. Marine Corps Marine F-35C Lightning II with VMFA 314 at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia, June 28, 2023. The training realistically prepared U.S. Marines and Australian Airmen to work side-by-side to load Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles as part of unit-level and bilateral training events designed to enhance U.S.-Australian relationships and further develop and sustain capabilities in the Indo-Pacific Region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Joshua Brittenham) 
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