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. Jackson Manske
KC-135 Stratotanker supports F-15E Strike Eagles with aerial refueling over USCENTCOM (stringer)
United States Air Forces Central
Jan. 23, 2025 | 1:02
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker conducts an aerial refueling mission with F-15E Strike Eagles over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Jan. 18, 2025. The KC-135 Stratotanker is the backbone of U.S. Air Forces Central's global reach aerial refueling capability and delivers critical support to joint and coalition aircraft to guarantee war-winning airpower throughout the CENTCOM AOR. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Jackson Manske)
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