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 DeQuan Simmons, Airman 1st Class Daisy Quevedo, Airman 1st Class Devin Morgan
Cardinal Strike tests readiness, builds lethal Airmen
375th Air Mobility Wing
June 17, 2025 | 0:51
U.S. Air Force Airmen participate in Cardinal Strike 2025, a combat readiness exercise, at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, June 1-11, 2025. This exercise tested rapid deployment capabilities, multi-domain operations and unit readiness in austere environments. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman De'Quan Simmons, Airman 1st Class Devin Morgan and Airman 1st Class Daisy Quevedo)
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