C-130Js arrive in Morocco for African Lion

U.S. Army Airborne paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and British Airborne paratroopers assigned to the 16th Air Assault Brigade load onto three U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for the Joint Forcible Entry during Exercise African Lion 21 at Aviano Air Base, Italy, June 9, 2021. The Air Force provision of crucial airlift and airdrop for all services augments flexibility and agility to combatant commands. 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 Tech. Sgt. Devin Nothstine)