African Lion 2021 - Kenitra Week One Recap

Credit: Senior Airman Kevin Long | Date Taken: 06/12/2021
Three C-130J Super Hercules aircraft are flying alongside our Moroccan partners during exercise African Lion 21. African lion allows us to build a winning team that can ensure Africa’s future safety, security and prosperity. African Lion 2021 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal, 7-18 June. More than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multi-national exercise, which employs a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants.