Joint warfighters virtually train in large-scale military exercise

U.S. Air Force Airmen participating in exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Mission Command in a synthetic, joint combat environment, integrating geographically separated units with degraded communications and limited air operations center connectivity in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and eight distributed locations, Mar. 1, 2024. The 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, used its live, virtual, and constructive, or LVC, environment capabilities to connect simulators and live aircraft in a dynamic battlespace to challenge air, land, and maritime combatants in the USINDOPACOM AOR and incorporating multiple U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Army platforms. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shelton Keel)