LANGLEY AFB, Va. — The Air Force has officially eliminated any requirement for face-to-face work accountability with the launch of the service's "Virtual Work" mobile app last month, according to Hannah Gardener, a spokeswoman for the app’s developer, Zynga.

"Virtual Work notifies airmen to sign in daily from their personal or Air Force-issued smart phone instead of going to the unit,” said Gardener. “Once logged in, airmen use in-game Energy to complete the day’s missions for Gold, in order to keep receiving real-life paychecks.

The February 17th release date went relatively unnoticed, as so few airmen ever showed up on base anyway. Those who tried were turned away from the gates by civilian security officers, and told to log in remotely through Virtual Work instead.

“To help share the fun with friends, airmen can earn extra Gold by sending invite requests to their buddies that have not logged in or shown up in the chat list recently,” Gardener noted.