{"id":108193,"date":"2020-12-12T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=108193"},"modified":"2020-12-12T00:12:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T05:12:40","slug":"navy-creating-new-warrant-officer-career-pipeline-for-unmanned-tanker-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=108193","title":{"rendered":"Navy creating new warrant officer career pipeline for unmanned tanker pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"
Boeing MQ-25 Stingray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Navy’s newest toy, the MQ-25 aerial refueling drone, will be piloted by a new class of naval officer. The Navy is creating a new warrant officer career field that sounds a lot like the Army’s flight warrant officers. This is after the Navy enacted a pilot program to evaluate having warrants serving as rated naval aviators or naval fight officers (NFOs) in 2006. That pilot program ended in 2011.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Navy has announced that its Boeing MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial vehicles, which will provide aerial refueling from its aircraft carriers, will be operated by warrant officer with a new specialty designation \u2014 the Aerial Vehicle Operator. This comes as the flight-test program for the drone continues to make progress, with a first sortie recently flown with the refueling pod attached.<\/p>\n

The establishment of the new Air Vehicle Operator designator for Navy warrant officers was approved by Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite on Dec. 9, 2020. The service says it plans to train around 450 warrants officers in the new AVO role over the next six to 10 years, across the W-1 through W-5 grades, and send them to the fleet.<\/p>\n

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The path for individuals to operating a Stingray from one of the Navy\u2019s flattops will begin with Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, where successful candidates will graduate as Warrant Officer Ones. At that point, they start basic flight training followed by advanced training on the MQ-25. They will receive the Navy\u2019s prized \u201cwings of gold\u201d and the 737X designator after they complete basic training.<\/p>\n

Beginning in Fiscal Year 2022, the new AVO career will be open to \u201cstreet-to-fleet\u201d applicants as well as enlisted Sailors, who will then go through the selection process for Officer Candidate School.<\/p>\n

While AVOs will be responsible for the day-to-day flying operations of the Stingray fleet, their squadron bosses \u2014 commanding and executive officers, as well as department heads of MQ-25 squadrons \u2014 will consist of aviators and flight officers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Much more at the source; The Drive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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