Three USAF C-130Js in Morocco for African Lion

Exercise African Lion will take place in Kenitra, Morocco over the two-weeks and three C-130J from the 86th Airlift Wing are participating.

Moroccan military members unload supplies and equipment from an 86th Airlift Wing C-130J Super Hercules from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, at the 3rd Royal Moroccan Air Force Base in Kenitra, Morocco, 8 June, 2021. African Lion 2021 demonstrates the U.S. Air Force’s long-term commitment to improve partner nation capacity and capabilities in support of U.S. strategic objectives.
African Lion 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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts)

The C-130J crews will assist in training their Moroccan counterparts in airdrop, airlift and aeromedical evacuation capacities.

While on their way to Kenitra, the C-130s airdrop over 150 U.S. and British paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, and the 16th Air Assault Brigade over Grier Labouie, Morocco for a joint forcible entry via airborne assault demonstration.

Next week, U.S. Air Force F-16s and KC-135s will arrive to join the C-130s.

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