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re: The guys who ride behind the pilot in jet fighters..
Posted on 2/18/23 at 2:46 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 2/18/23 at 2:46 pm to Jim Rockford
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He's there to get killed by the pilot's mistake so the pilot learns a valuable lesson that makes him a better man and helps him redeem himself in the finale.
Posted on 2/18/23 at 2:49 pm to Pandy Fackler
My sources tel me it’s usually tourists, pay 5000$ per flight
Posted on 2/18/23 at 2:54 pm to Richard Flagget
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When you’re flying a multimillion dollar jet you want redundancies. I think they can fly it but usually don’t.
Neither the F14 nor the FA18 have flight controls in the rear cockpit.
Posted on 2/18/23 at 2:58 pm to Richard Flagget
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The F-15 E does
Correct.
Posted on 2/18/23 at 3:01 pm to MikeBRLA
I only know this because my brother flys them. I am by no means an expert on this stuff lol
Posted on 2/18/23 at 3:01 pm to Pandy Fackler
In the AF that is a combat systems officer and they are not trained as pilots
Posted on 2/18/23 at 3:04 pm to Pandy Fackler
A lot of the single seat jets have a 2 seat option for training and what not OP. I’m not in the military but most of the combat planes that have a 2nd seat the 2nd person is NOT a trained pilot. My dad started his career as a navigator and then went to pilot training, for example.
Some solid responses in this thread lol
Some solid responses in this thread lol
Posted on 2/18/23 at 3:08 pm to Pandy Fackler
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I know they don't do the flying but are they also pilots or could they be?
Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) in F-14 Tomcats or Weapon Systems Officer (WSO), "Wizzo", in F-18 Hornets.
This post was edited on 2/18/23 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 2/18/23 at 3:20 pm to Saint Alfonzo
so much wrong, some funny, but so much wrong :
Posted on 2/18/23 at 3:33 pm to Pandy Fackler
Here's a video from Ward Carroll, an actual F-14 RIO (retired). He has a great channel about all sorts of military stuff and several videos about the Top Gun films. He was even one of those involved in the short spoof "Pop Gun" that circulated among Navy pilots back in the 80s.
This is a video about his career and how he became a RIO (instead of a pilot) and what training he went through.
Secrets of the F-14 Tomcat: RIO Responsibilities
This is a video about his career and how he became a RIO (instead of a pilot) and what training he went through.
Secrets of the F-14 Tomcat: RIO Responsibilities
Posted on 2/18/23 at 3:35 pm to 777Tiger
Didn't you fly F-4s at one time? Were there flight controls in the Wizzo seat?
Sidenote: That "Cal Worthington's F-4s" video was pretty hysterical.
Sidenote: That "Cal Worthington's F-4s" video was pretty hysterical.
Posted on 2/18/23 at 3:53 pm to Pandy Fackler
Rear Intelligence Officers
Posted on 2/18/23 at 4:02 pm to Pandy Fackler
They are simply there to tell the guy in the front seat to speed up or slow down or that he just flew past the target because he’s lost…
Posted on 2/18/23 at 4:16 pm to Knight of Old
Your mind will be blown when you learn how many people "rode" in an EA-6B. Four, including pilot.
TL;DR answer, also Electronic Warfare.
Posted on 2/18/23 at 4:48 pm to White Roach
AF F-4s had dual controls but you can’t see shite sitting in back, at the start of the VN war the AF would put a pilot in the back seat (GIB -guy in back ,)that didn’t go over well so they began to train non rated officers as WSOs(weapons systems officers,) or RIOs(radar intercept officers,) to help acquire targets, pilot does the actual shooting, usually the non-rated guy wanted pilot training but typically had a minor physical issue (usually eyesight,) preventing that, typically you could get a waiver and eventually get pilot training, not always, if you got shot down and taken POW and survived, guaranteed pilot training
This post was edited on 2/18/23 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 2/18/23 at 4:54 pm to Pandy Fackler
……have an excellent view of the highway to the danger zone.
This post was edited on 2/18/23 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 2/18/23 at 4:55 pm to Chief Hinge
That's not even remotely true. Back seaters in F-15E's and F-18 Super Hornets aren't Pilots. They're navigators, specially trained Navigators, but they all start by going to Nav school.
Posted on 2/18/23 at 4:58 pm to Tigertittie
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Back seaters in F-15E's and F-18 Super Hornets aren't Pilots. They're navigators, specially trained Navigators, but they all start by going to Nav school.
Wrong. Training and Upgrading is 90 percent of the time the back seat is being utilized in the two aircraft’s you mention.
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