UNITED STATES NAVY FIGHTER WEAPONS SCHOOL HISTORY
The United States Navy Fighter Weapons School was established on March 3, 1969 at NAS Miramar, California at the direction of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). The school was the end result of a study, published in May 1968, by CAPT Frank Ault who, at the direction of the CNO, researched the failings of the US air to air missiles used in aerial combat in the skies over North Vietnam. Operation Rolling Thunder, which lasted from 2 March 1965 to 1 November 1968, resulted in nearly 1,000 US aircraft losses in approximately one million sorties.

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FIGHTER WEAPONS SCHOOL HISTORY
In January 1954, the USAF Gunnery School assumed the mission of training fighter instructors and took on the title "USAF Fighter Weapons School." Students at Nellis trained in F-51, F-80, F-84 and all versions of the F-100 aircraft during this period. By 1960, the F-100 and the F105 were left as the two primary aircraft flown at the Weapons school. In 1965, the Fighter Weapons School added the F-4 to its courses. As the roles of fighter aircraft expanded during the Vietnam War, the Fighter Weapons School began to have an impact across the larger Air Force.

VFS 27 FIGHTER WEAPONS SCHOOL
The mission of the VFS 27 Fighter Weapons School is to teach masters-level air combat tactics which entails the most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment to those members selected for the school. The VFS 27 Fighter Weapons School program is tailored after the Fighter Weapons School programs of air forces world-wide and accomplishes its mission by providing masters-level instructor academic and flying courses to selected squadron members.