Brig. Gen. Joseph Brown IV, U.S. Strategic Command Nuclear Operations deputy director, “flies” a KC-135 Stratotanker simulator alongside Capt. Greg Auerbach, 349th Air Refueling Squadron receiver air refueling instructor pilot, July 29, 2010, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. General Brown visited McConnell as part of a U.S. Strategic Command road show to inform bases on their roles in the U.S. Strategic Command overall mission. The U.S. Strategic Command is responsible for detering attacks on vital U.S. interests, ensuring freedom of action in space and cyberspace, while synchronizing global missile defense plans and operations to provide integrated surveillance and reconnaissance allocation recommendations to the Secretary of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Maria Ruiz)