The Continental North American Aerospace Defense Command Region deputy commander, Royal Canadian Air Force Maj. Gen. Sean Boyle, and the Washington Air National Guard commander, U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gent Welsh, cut the ribbon on the Western Air Defense Sector’s new Mission Training Center facility with WADS leadership Oct. 5, 2023, on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The $2 million-dollar, state-of-the-art facility provides high-end simulation capabilities for Airmen who manage and operate Command and Control Battle Management Systems in defense of the U.S. homeland under Operation NOBLE EAGLE. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Kimberly D. Burke)