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  • Airmen of the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) monitor computer systems designed to detect, track, and identify all artificial objects in Earth's orbit at Vandenberg AFB, Calif, Sept. 27, 2014. Its mission is to provide a focal point for the operational employment of worldwide joint space forces and enable the commander of Joint Functional Component Command for Space to integrate space power into global military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Krystal Ardrey)

    Weapons School: Multi-domain integration since 1996

    The purpose of Weapons School Integration — the capstone event for each class of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School (USAFWS) Weapons Instructor Course (WIC) — hasn’t changed much over the years, but the capabilities, platforms and domains involved have.
  • Maj. Andrew Hong, 32nd Weapons Squadron (WPS) phase manager and instructor, Capt. Stephen Baker, 32nd WPS Cyber Warfare Operations (CWO) Weapons Instructor Course (WIC) student, and Maj. Michelle Bostic, 32nd WPS CWO WIC student, look at computer monitors at the 32nd WPS on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 10, 2019. The CWO WIC for Weapons School Integration (WSINT) has three main phases throughout the course including Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO), Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) and integration phase. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bryan Guthrie)

    Cyber domain increases WSINT readiness

    A vast new battlefield has been created over the last few decades with the expansion of technology; a digital fight that isn’t touchable and reaches across the world in an instant.
  • The Milky Way Galaxy is on full display as it passes by a ground-based electro-optical deep-space surveillance telescope located on White Sands Missile Range--the location of Detachment 1, 20th Operations Group and their space surveillance mission, March 29, 2017 in New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. David Salanitri)

    328th WPS tackles WSINT from space

    The Weapons School Integration (WSINT) exercise involves a multitude of aircraft, including fighter jets, cargo planes, bombers; however, the 328th Weapons Squadron (WPS) has a different perspective of the battlefield during the week-long exercise.
  • Twelve C-17 Globemaster III assigned to various Air Mobility Command bases in the United States prepare to land at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 9, 2018. The C-17s participated in Operation Coyote Freedom during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Integration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Bailee A. Darbasie)

    WSINT promotes multi-domain lethality

    The U.S. Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, completed multiple Weapons School Integration (WSINT) exercises from May 23 to June 13, 2018, over the skies of the Nevada Test and Training Range.
  • Tech. Sgt. Cleigh Robbins, boom operator assigned to the 509th Weapons Squadron, prepares a KC-135 Stratotanker before participating in defensive counter air on Nellis Air Force Base, Dec. 14, 2016. Students from the USAFWS class 16-B completed their five-and-a-half month course with the last sortie of advanced integration, defensive counter air, taking place over the Nevada Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum/Released)

    USAFWS: Defensive counter air

    The U.S. Air Force Weapons School serves as the pinnacle for advanced weapons training and tactics employment. The USAFWS accepts only the top weapons officers and enlisted specialist applicants to participate in its graduate-level curriculum, which is capped off by a two-week staged battle known as the Weapons School Integration [WSINT].
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