US, UK, Australian and Canadian forces operate as a combined force in exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition
Royal Canadian Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark Goulden, Director General Air and Space Readiness, (left), Royal Canadian Navy Commodore Jeffery Murray, Director General Naval Strategic Readiness, (center), and U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Lake, 505th Command and Control Wing vice commander, (right), talk before VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition 23-1 briefing at the 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Oct. 27, 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. (Security badges were blurred for security purposes) (U.S. Air Force photo by Ms. Deb Henley)