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 Senior Airman Brooke Sorensen
Wyvern 1 Radio: March 21, 2025
AFN Aviano
March 21, 2025 | 2:28
On this edition of 'Wyvern 1 Radio,’ Col. Beau Diers, 31st Fighter Wing deputy commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Lopez, 31st Maintenance Group senior enlisted leader, discuss the Combat Readiness Exercise Fighting Wyvern 25-01 at Aviano Air Base, March 21, 2025. Throughout the segment, Diers and Lopez shared how Fighting Wyvern demonstrated a collective ability to successfully execute the 31st Fighter Wing mission priorities within a contested and degraded environment and the lessons learned for future exercises. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Brooke Sorensen)
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