Various aircraft including the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the F-22 Raptor, the F-15E Strike Eagle, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the F-35 Lightning II and the EA-18G Growler, take off during Weapons School Integration (WSINT) phase of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. Also seen are the AC-130J Ghostrider, C-17 Globemaster III, B-1B Lancer, KC-135 Stratotanker, U-28 Draco, EC-130H Compass Call and the KC-46 Pegasus. A mission during WSINT can include up to 72 aircraft and integration with the sister services.
Details from Nellis Air Force Base: U.S. Air Force Weapons School Integration (WSINT) is a series of complex, large-force employment missions that serve as the capstone portion of Weapons School classes. WSINT involves the planning and execution of every aspect of air, space and cyber combat operations, with joint force components, converging over the Nevada Test and Training Range.
WSINT demonstrates the strategic advantage of multi-domain, integrated command and control and produces leaders capable of delivering success in a spectrum, ranging from small tactical teams to strategic transformational change.
Training during WSINT follows lines of operations designed to support U.S. Air Force doctrinal missions. Currently, those lines of operations and missions sets include:
Operation MOJAVE SHIELD – Defensive counterair – Integrate air and missile defense to deter and defeat an adversary.
Operation INSTANT THUNDER – Offensive counterair – Gain freedom of maneuver throughout a joint operations area.
Operation CROSSBOW – Offensive counterair/dynamic targeting – Neutralize an adversary’s surface-to-surface missiles, weapons of mass destruction, and power projection capabilities.
Operation LUMBERJACK – Counterland – Conduct theater interdiction, strike coordination and reconnaissance, and close air support to break an adversary’s will/capacity for resistance.
Operation COYOTE FREEDOM – Air Mobility Support/irregular warfare/special operations – Seize key facilities in the joint operations area and set stage for decisive operations.
Operation SKYTRAIN – Strategic attack/space and cyber operations/special operations – Employ special operations forces and strategic attack assets to shape the battlespace and neutralize centers of gravity.

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