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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U.S. Air Force, RAAF C-17’s carrying 11th Airborne Division paratroopers depart for joint exercise Talisman Sabre 25
11th Airborne Division
July 16, 2025 | 2:12
U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemasters III’s depart for exercise Talisman Sabre 25 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 13, 2025. This exercise is designed to deliver Air Force capabilities to the Indo-Pacific region at speed and scale, then demonstrate the ability to command and control agile combat employment operations across more than six time zones. (U.S. Army B-Roll package by Spc. Brandon Vasquez)
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