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  • An Airman talks into a headset while another Airman wears a helmet and oxygen mask.

    Hidden heroes: AFE equips USAFWS

    A pilot’s final option in the case of an emergency is to eject. The split second following that ejection and the canopy flying off is the difference between life and death. The pilot is launched out of the cockpit at more than 10 times their own weight and attention to detail is all that separates survival from disaster.
  • Airmen look at computer monitors.

    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.
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Mattias Jacobson, 57th Munitions Squadron line crew member, loads a mod so they can be delivered to the respected unit in need of the flares at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 4, 2019. While handling flare mods, line delivery Airmen wear a band that grounds their hands to a copper wire to ensure no electric spark set off the flares. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tabatha McCarthy)

    WSINT: Behind the Boom

    The 57 Munitions Squadron (MUNS) is the boom behind Weapons School Integration (WSINT).

  • U-2 enhances Weapons School capstone experience

    A U-2 traveled to Nellis to enhance the learning environment for U.S. Air Force Weapons School pilots entering their Weapons School Integration, a series of complex, large-force employment missions that served as the capstone portion of their course.
  • Airman 1st Class Clayton Ackerman, 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) Strike Aircraft Maintenance Unit F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet maintainer, looks on as an F-15E prepares to launch Dec. 4, 2018 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The 757th AMXS participated alongside their pilots during the Weapons School Integration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bailee A. Darbasie)

    Without 757th AMXS, WSINT isn’t

    Across the Nellis flightline, maintainers assigned to the 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) participated alongside their pilots during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Integration (WSINT).
  • An Airman assigned to the 14th Weapons Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida, stands outside of a CV-22 Osprey helicopter before a night mission for the United States Air Force Weapons School advanced integration at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Dec. 10, 2017. The CV-22 Osprey is a tiltrotor aircraft that possesses the vertical takeoff, hover and vertical landing qualities of a helicopter to conduct long-range infiltration, exfiltration and resupply missions for special operations forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Tanenbaum/Released)

    WSINT trains at night; Operation Coyote Freedom

    The U.S. Air Force Weapons School completed the Weapons School Integration (WSINT) exercise, Operation Coyote Freedom, Dec. 10, at the Nevada Test and Training Range.
  • Maj. Justin Hargrove, 509th Weapons Squadron KC-135 pilot, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., wears the coveted United States Weapons School Graduate Patch during Deliberate Strike Night at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 16, 2016. At the conclusion of nearly 400 hours of graduate level academics and combat training missions, the Weapons School course comes climaxes with a week-long exercise known as Advanced Integration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum)

    USAFWS expands curriculum for current era of joint operations

    For 68 years, the legacy of the United States Air Force Weapons School has been to adapt to the current warfare environment in order to produce experts in air power and leaders.
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