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2 unusual facts about Flight Officer


1986 in Israel

16 October – IAF F-4 Phantom, piloted by Captain Aharon Achiaz, is inadvertently damaged midair and abandoned, resulting in the capture of flight navigator then-Captain Ron Arad by Amal, the Lebanese Shi'ite militia.

Flight officer

It was also previously used in the Women's Royal Australian Air Force, which was absorbed into the Royal Australian Air Force in 1977.


Frederick Britnell

Just past his 18th birthday on 3 June 1917, Britnell was appointed a Flight Officer in Royal Naval Air Service on the same day as John Denis Breakey.

Leo Mustonen

Mustonen joined the army during his senior high school year in Brainerd, Minnesota and was in training to become a navigator when he was reported missing.


see also

David C. Nichols

He was a recipient of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Naval Flight Officer of the Year award as a Lieutenant Commander and the Senator Henry M. Jackson Memorial Leadership Award as a Commander.

Flight Officer Badge

The Navigator Badge and Aircrew Badge, variations of the Flight Officer Badge, are issued by the Air Force.

Henry Botterell

On May 16, 1917, Botterell became a Probationary Flight Officer with the RNAS, where he was given the nickname "Nap" because of his supposed resemblance to Napoleon.

RAF Podington

92d Bombardment Group Flight Officer John C. Morgan, co-pilot, received the Medal of Honor for action aboard a B-17 during a mission over Europe on 26 July 1943.

Walter Carter

Walter E. Carter Jr., naval flight officer and president of the U.S. Naval War College

Weapons officer

Weapon systems officer (WSO), either a United States Navy air flight officer directly involved in all air operations and weapon systems of a fighter aircraft or the aft crew member in a United States Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle or B-1 Lancer or a United States Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet