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 Brandon Nelson
31 FW Conducts Integrated Combat Turnaround in Istrana
AFN Aviano
April 3, 2025 | 1:03
U.S. Airmen assigned to 555th Fighter Generation Squadron perform an integrated combat turnaround and hot-pit refueling of two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons during exercise Fighting Wyvern 25-01 at Istrana Air Base, Italy, March 13, 2025. The exercise highlighted the strong partnership between the U.S., Italian, Slovenian and Croatian Air Forces, demonstrating the collective commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Brandon Nelson)
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