Brothers command, fly at Red Flag 09-4

Colonel Dean "Norm" Anderson, 20th Fighter Wing vice commander at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., and his younger brother, Lt. Col. Ross "Rosco" Anderson, 482nd FW Operations Group commander and full-time reservist at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Fla. Step toward their F-16's for a training mission at Nellis AFB, Nev., July 22, 2009. The Anderson brothers were given the unique opportunity to fly together, and be in command of the Air Expeditionary Wing at Red Flag 09-4 exercise in Las Vegas. Col. Anderson, serving as the Red Flag AEW commander and Lt. Col. Anderson, as the Red Flag AEW Operations Group commander. "It's a huge honor, and a very big deal to me to be able to do this with my brother in a leadership position," said Lt. Col. Ross Anderson. "Flying side by side in a squadron is one thing, but commanding is a huge honor." (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)