Airmen Touch Down In Morocco

MOROCCO

05.11.2015

Courtesy Audio

U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa   

Lead:
U.S. Africa Command is committed to maintaining a strong military relationship with our partners in the continent. Air Force Staff Sgt. Will Bracy went out with a group of Airmen who are om West Africa.

Story:
VO: (00:00:02)
U. S. F-16’S ARRIVE AT ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNWAYS IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO BEN GUERIER (GA-REAR) AIR BASE, IN THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO, TO START A TRAINING EXERCISE.

COL OURY: (00:18:02)
WE’RE KICKING OFF AFRICA LION TWENTY-15, WHICH IS, UH, REALLY THE LARGEST EXERCISE ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT, AND WE ARE JUST A SMALL PART OF IT ON THE AIR FORCE SIDE, THERE IS ALSO A LARGE GROUND EXERCISE GOING ON AS WELL.

VO: (00:28:15)
AN EXERCISE IN 2-THOUSAND-13 TAUGHT U. S. AND ROYAL MOROCCAN PILOTS HOW THEY OPERATE AS A COMBINED FORCE. AFRICA LION 15 BRINGS SOMETHING NEW TO THE TRAINING.

COL OURY: (00:40:16)
BOTH THE MOROCCAN JETS AND THE U. S. JETS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER, UH, ON THEIR SCOPES, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO, UH, DO SOME, UH, AIR-TO-GROUND SORTIES THIS TIME AROUND, UH, LAST TIME DURING MAJESTIC EAGLE EXERCISE, IT WAS REALLY ONLY AIR-TO-AIR MISSIONS THAT WE DID, SO WE’RE GOING TO INCORPORATE SOME AIR-TO-GROUND THIS TIME AROUND, AND THAT’S REALLY THE BIG DIFFERENCE. IT’S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE GREAT AIRMEN AT WORK, YOU KNOW, OUR MAINTAINERS, OUR LOGISTICIANS, WERE, WERE CRAWLING ALL OVER THE FLIGHTLINE, READY TO RECEIVE THE JETS AND, UH, LIKE A WELL-OILED OPERATION.

VO: (01:13:22)
THE EXERCISE EMPHASIZES THE STRONG MILITARY BOND BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES, AND CREATES A FOUNDATION FOR COOPERATION FOR THE FUTURE. AIR FORCE STAFF SERGEANT WILL BRACY, BEN GUERIR (GA-REAR) AIR BASE, KINGDOM OF MOROCCO.

• Date Taken: 05.11.2015
• Date Posted: 05.26.2015 06:51
• Category: Newscasts
• Audio ID: 40954
• Filename: 1505/DOD_102463210.mp3
• Length: 00:01:07
• Year: 2015
• Location: MA