 It's been a busy and successful week for the U.S. and the Royal Moroccan Air Force working together in Morocco during Exercise African Lion 21. During the exercise, multiple U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft are flying alongside our Moroccan partners to conduct critical airdrop, airlift, and aeromedical evacuation training. Major Ty Payne, commander of the C-130 Operations for African Lion, says that there is more than one benefit that comes from training so closely with our partners. So working with the Moroccans has been great. Today on the flight, we got to have a pilot who's familiar with the airspace, knows what's going on, and can keep us out of trouble. But aside from that, just working with them and understanding the logistical procedures they go through makes it so that in the future we can really work effectively together. The C-130's also quickly and safely delivered 200 Moroccan, British, and U.S. Army paratroopers to an austere location via an airborne assault. Major Payne assures that the lessons learned here in Morocco today will have a lasting impact on how the Air Force accomplishes the mission with our partners and allies in the future. I think the things that we're going to take away from that is what enables us to be able to operate in the future in any kind of environment and conflict, whether it's here in Morocco or up in Europe, back in the States, as we can work together with other people and take those lessons to war.