Private First Class Hector Flores, USA, 39th Trans BN, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, with his Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle at hand, checks the ID and badge of personnel entering the Air Operations Center Compound Security. The USAFE (US Air Force in Europe) sponsored exercise UNION FLASH 01 to train the Joint Force Air Component Commander, The Joint Air Operations Center and the USAREUR (US Army Europe) Battlefield Coordination Element using computer simulation and state-of-the-art software programs in the art of war planning and execution