US Air Force Weapons School Conducts Mission Employment Phase

The exercise incorporates Air Force capabilities in diverse scenarios, which can include aircraft in conjunction with space and cyberspace assets.

• In photo 2, U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Bill Bossinger, 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental systems journeyman, tightens wiring underneath an F-15 Eagle during the Mission Employment Phase exercise Dec. 7, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The exercise is hosted north of Las Vegas on the Nevada Test and Training Range–the U.S. Air Force’s premier military training area with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land.
• In the third photo, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brion Humenay, 926th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics specialist, works on the nose of an F-15 Eagle during the Mission Employment Phase exercise, Dec. 7, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
• In the fourth photo, U.S. Air Force Maj. David Anderson, 65th Aggressors Squadron director of operations, conducts pre-flight checks during the Mission Employment Phase exercise, Dec. 7, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
• In the final photo, U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Kerr and Senior Airman Jeffrey Johnson, 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, conduct pre-flight checks during the Mission Employment Phase exercise, Dec. 7, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The ME Phase is the capstone, graduation exercise conducted by the U.S. Air Force Weapons School.