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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12th CAB Soldiers train on the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
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March 6, 2025 | 1:13
U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, conduct training on the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Grafenwoehr Training Area, Bavaria, Germany, March 4, 2025. The training maximized readiness by incorporating crew-served and small arms weapons qualifications, as well as driver training. As Europe’s critical aviation support, the 1-214th GSAB ensures it remains a ready and capable force, prepared to respond to any contingency in support of ground forces, allies, and partners across the theater. (U.S. Army video by Pfc. Jolene Cintron)


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00:06 Soldiers get safety brief
00:12 Soldier equipment lays on ground
00:18 Soldier conduct maintenance on UH-60
00:24 Soldier checks equipment
00:29 Soldier puts equipment into UH-60
00:34 Soldiers prepare to take off
00:40 Soldier gets into seat
00:46 Soldier waits for targets to pop up
00:52 Soldier fires artillery
00:57 Soldier shoots artillery at target
01:04 Soldier pelts targets with artillery
01:12 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk lands
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