The mission of the USAF Weapons School is to teach graduate-level instructor courses, which provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the combat air forces. The Weapons School is headquartered at Nellis AFB NV with squadrons also at Dyess AFB TX, Barksdale AFB LA, Hurlburt Field FL, Holloman AFB NM, and Whiteman AFB MO. The 14th WPS currently instructs AC-130s, MC-130s and U-28s, and in the near future will instruct CV-22s. All of these assets directly support special operations ground forces. 

The Weapons School accomplishes its mission by providing graduate-level instructor academic and flying courses to USAF Combat Air Forces. The School conducts extensive technical off-station training and liaison with CAF units. The School publishes the quarterly USAF Weapons Review with worldwide readership. All positions are selectively manned. 

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The 504th Military Intelligence BDE is part of III Armored Corps at Fort Hood Texas. It is currently deployed as Task Force Ready and serves as the Combined Joint Operational Area – Afghanistan’s (CJOA-A) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Task Force in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and Resolute Support. TF Ready consists of a ground and aerial ISR Battalion, each operating multiple platforms. The 504th MI BDE Shares this ISR Task Force mission on a rotational basis with the 525th MI BDE out of Fort Bragg, NC, who is known as "TF Lightning" when they are here. The 504th’s motto is: "ALWAYS READY", and 525’s motto is: "Lightning on the Move".

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The mission of the USAF Weapons School is to teach graduate-level instructor courses, which provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to officers of the combat air forces. The Weapons School is headquartered at Nellis AFB NV with squadrons also at Dyess AFB TX, Barksdale AFB LA, Hurlburt Field FL, Holloman AFB NM, and Whiteman AFB MO. The 14th WPS currently instructs AC-130s, MC-130s and U-28s, and in the near future will instruct CV-22s. All of these assets directly support special operations ground forces.

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This artwork is dedicated to the people who answered their nations call, and took to the sky.

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The Mil Mi-17 (also known as the Mi-8M series in Russian service, NATO reporting name 'Hip') is a Russian helicopter in production at two factories in Kazan and Ulan-Ude. It is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter. There are also armed gunship versions.

In May 2008 licensed production of the Mi-17 started in China, with production being led by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant JSC and the Sichuan Lantian Helicopter Company Limited in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Mi-17s are operated by the Afghan Air Force.

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The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single-engine turboprop, fixed-tricycle landing gear, short-haul regional airliner and utility aircraft that is built by Cessna. The Cessna 208 has a high-wing braced cabin monoplane powered by a single Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprop in tractor configuration. It has a fixed tricycle landing gear but can also be fitted with floats or skis. The cabin has room for nine passengers and two crew when used as a passenger aircraft with four doors: one for each crew member, an airstair door on the right side of the cabin and a cargo door on the left. The aircraft can be optionally fitted with an underslung cargo pod.

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The 504th Military Intelligence BDE is part of III Armored Corps at Fort Hood Texas. It is currently deployed as Task Force Ready and serves as the Combined Joint Operational Area – Afghanistan’s (CJOA-A) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Task Force in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and Resolute Support. TF Ready consists of a ground and aerial ISR Battalion, each operating multiple platforms. The 504th MI BDE Shares this ISR Task Force mission on a rotational basis with the 525th MI BDE out of Fort Bragg, NC, who is known as "TF Lightning" when they are here. The 504th’s motto is: "ALWAYS READY", and 525’s motto is: "Lightning on the Move".

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The 41st ECS is one of the oldest in the U.S Air Force, its origins dating to 14 June 1917, when it was organized at Kelly Field, Texas. It served overseas in France as part of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. The squadron also saw combat during World War II, and became part of Tactical Air Command (TAC) during the Cold War.

The EC-130H Compass Call is an American airborne tactical weapon system using a heavily modified version of the C-130 Hercules airframe. It is based at Davis-Monthan AFB. The system attempts to disrupt enemy command and control communications and limits adversary coordination essential for enemy force management. 'Compass Call's' offensive counter information and electronic attack capabilities are used to support U.S. and allied tactical air, surface, and special operations forces. Programmed upgrades will give a secondary Electronic Attack (EA) capability against early warning and acquisition radars.

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The C-130J Super Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. The C-130J is a comprehensive update of the C-130 Hercules, with new engines, flight deck, and other systems. The Hercules family has the longest continuous production run of any military aircraft in history. During more than 60 years of service, the family has participated in military, civilian, and humanitarian aid operations. The Hercules has outlived several planned successor designs, most notably the Advanced Medium STOL Transport contestants.

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AirScan Inc. is a Titusville, FL based defense contractor that provided aerial assets in Iraq to counter the IED threat, serve as a TF platform in the pursuit of high value targets, and  provide air transport to various SF and OGA teams. The principle platform was a militarized version of the Cessna 337.

AirScan Inc. was formed in 1984 by former US Air Commandos Walter Holloway and John Mansur with high standards of recruitment. They have been specializing in airborne surveillance, security operations, surveillance systems, wildlife surveys and training since 1989. They are one of the few companies able to operate unmanned aerial vehicles. They won a $10 million contract from the Coalition Provisional Authority to provide aerial surveillance of the pipelines protected by Erinys International Ltd. They are rather secretive about many of their operations, choosing to remain vague, citing privacy, and speak mostly about their infrared deer surveys and polar bear tracking.

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The 111th Reconnaissance Squadron (111 RS) flies the MQ-1B, Predator Remotely Piloted Aircraft, a medium-altitude, long-endurance, unmanned aircraft system. The 111th RS is a unit of the Texas Air National Guard 147th Reconnaissance Wing located at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Houston, Texas. The squadron is a descendant organization of the World War I 111th Aero Squadron, established on 14 August 1917. It was reformed on 29 June 1923, as the 111th Observation Squadron, and is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II. The 111th Reconnaissance Squadron is the oldest unit of the Texas Air National Guard, with over 95 years of service to the State of Texas and the United States.

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