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., are making history at Red Flag 09-4. This is the first time two brothers have been in command together at a Red Flag exercise. The brothers were given the unique opportunity to take command of the Air Expeditionary Wing at the Red Flag 09-4 exercise in Las Vegas. Colonel Dean Anderson is serving as the Red Flag AEW commander and Colonel Ross Anderson as the Red Flag AEW OG 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 Colonel 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)

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