A Army Airborne paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team checks the jump door of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, during Exercise African Lion 21 at Aviano Air Base, Italy, June 9, 2021. Jumpmasters are onboard the aircraft to ensure the safety of the jumpers and aircrew while they conduct static-line personnel drops. African Lion is 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 f
A Army Airborne paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team checks the jump door of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, during Exercise African Lion 21 at Aviano Air Base, Italy, June 9, 2021. Jumpmasters are onboard the aircraft to ensure the safety of the jumpers and aircrew while they conduct static-line personnel drops. African Lion is 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 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.
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