The Air Force Mission Support System (AFMSS) provides mission planners with an automated system that can operate in a stand-alone configuration or linked to a command information system. Since global mission planners work in all kinds of environmental conditions, the mobile computers they use needed to be sturdy and resistant to dust, weather, extreme temperatures and vibration. AFMSS standardized on Panasonic Toughbook mobile computers and deployed more than 2,000 to mission planners in the field. Even though Panasonic Toughbook computers are designed to comply with all MIL-STD-810F requirements, the Air Force tests each Toughbook computer individually before deploying it. The Toughbook mobile computers consistently received the Air Force's highest evaluation ratings, assuring the AFMSS could count on them in mission-critical situations.