US, UK, Australian and Canadian forces operate as a combined force in exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Butler, 705th Combat Training Squadron commander, (center), briefs Royal Canadian Navy Commodore Jeffery Murray, Director General Naval Strategic Readiness, (right), during VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition 23-1 at the 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and distributed sites across four countries, Oct. 24 – Nov. 4, 2022. Exercise VFC serves as a train as you fight exercise by integrating the full spectrum of air, land, surface, space, and cyber warfighters in a virtual battlespace in joint and coalition environments; forces from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada participated. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ms. Deb Henley)