multinational exercise

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Airmen from the Royal Air Force participate in Coalition Virtual Flag on Sept. 23 at the Distributed Mission Operations Center. This U.K. crew was working on an AWACS simulator during the exercise as another unit at RAF Waddinton, U.K., flew another AWACS sim. This was the first Virtual Flag exercise that integrated simulators from the four their home countries. (Air Force photo by Ken Moore)

multinational exercise

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Lt. Col. Troy Molendyke, 705th Combat Training Squadron commander, speaks to local media about the groundbreaking exercise held at the at the Distributed Mission Operations Center on Sept. 23. Coalition Virtual Flag 09-4 was the first ever exercise to integrate four coalition forces and air assets, and U.S. joint forces in a virtual air battle spanning operational- and tactical-level warfare. (Air Force photo by Ken Moore)

Multinational exercise

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Servicemember from the U.S. forces, Canadian Forces, the Royal Australian Air Force and the Royal Air Force participate in Coalition Virtual Flag at the Distributed Mission Operations Center. This was the first Virtual Flag exercise that integrated simulators playing from the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. It was the first ever exercise to integrate the four coalition forces and air assets, and U.S. joint forces in a virtual air battle spanning operational- and tactical-level warfare. (Air Force photo by Ken Moore)

COMACC visit

HURLBURT FIELD Fla. -- Gen. William Fraser, Air Combat Command commander, presented a commander's coin to Master Sgt. Stanley Leigh, 505th Training Squadron superintendent, as Maj. Sean Welsh, 705th Training Squadron director of operations, stood by. The general spent the day of Oct. 14 with the 505th Command and Control Wing where he visited wing facilities, was briefed by commanders and led a commander's call. (Air Force photo by Keith Keel)

Clean sweep

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - Members of the 505th Command and Control Wing pick up debris from the side of James Lee Road on Oct. 16. The 505th CCW adopted the road in the Adopt-A-County Road program and comes out every few months to keep it clean. (U.S. Air Force photo by Noel Getlin)

Cleanup

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - The 505th Command and Control Wing picked up refuse along James Lee Road on Oct. 16, in keeping with the Adopt-A-County Road program. The Wing adopted the road and comes out every few months to keep it clean. From left are Lt. Col. Bob Bower, Chief Master Sgt. Deno Mackin, command chief, 505 CCW Commander Col. Edward McKinzie, and Valerie Mackin, wife of Chief Mackin. (U.S. Air Force photo by Noel Getlin)