VIRTUAL FLAG 09-3
KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. -- Maj. Mike Shepherd, pilot and operations flight commander with the 64th Aggressor Squadron, uses a simulator to fly an SU-27 Soviet plane against an Air National Guard unit at the Distributed Missions Operation Center at Kirtland Air Force Base. The major was taking part in VIRTUAL FLAG 09-3 facilitated by the 705th Combat Training Squadron at Kirtland Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Noel Getlin)