Weapon systems officer
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weapon-systems-officer-279-17472198
title:
Weapon systems officer
text:
A Weapon Systems Officer (WSO), nicknamed "Wizzo", is an air flight officer directly involved in all air operations and weapon systems of a military aircraft. Historically, aircrew duties in military aircraft were highly specialised and rigid, because the relevant controls, instruments/displays, and/or weapons were concentrated in front of particular seats, panels or positions. That included two-seat variants of fighter or attack/strike aircraft. From the 1970s onward an aircraft with two-member
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Air officer in charge of armaments
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_systems_officer
date created:
date modified:
2024-02-07T14:00:07Z
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13
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