US military completes major exercise in Africa, works on partnerships

TAN TAN, Moroc­co — High-rank­ing mil­i­tary offi­cials from the U.S. and its top African allies watched intent­ly as dust and flames shot up from pieces of the Sahara Desert hit by tank and artillery fire. They looked up as pilots flew F‑16s into for­ma­tion. And they lis­tened intent­ly as Moroc­can and Amer­i­can per­son­nel explained how they…