{"id":117978,"date":"2021-09-29T09:13:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T13:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=117978"},"modified":"2021-09-29T09:13:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T13:13:18","slug":"last-marine-wsos-receive-their-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=117978","title":{"rendered":"Last Marine WSOs receive their wings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the US Marine Corps slowly transitioning from the two-seat F\/A-18D to the single-seat F-35 Lightning II, the need for Weapons and Sensors Officer (WSO, pronounced wizzo) is coming to an end. The final two Marines to complete the training and receive their wings just happened.<\/p>\n

From Marine Corps Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The Marine Corps\u2019 final weapons systems officers pinned on their wings at a ceremony at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, on Friday.<\/p>\n

The change is mostly due to technology. The Marine Corps has used WSOs or \u201cwizzos\u201d in the rear seat of the F\/A-18D.<\/p>\n

The officer focuses on running weapons systems, navigation support, communications forward air control and tactical airborne reconnaissance so that the fighter jet pilot can fly the aircraft.<\/p>\n

But with the shift from F\/A-18s to the single-seat F-35s, Marine aviators now have algorithms and a suite of tech-enabled options to do those tasks instead.<\/p>\n

Or, in Marine speak, \u201cAs the Marine Corps continues to transition from the F\/A-18 Hornet to the F-35 Lightning II, the need for a WSO military occupational specialty (MOS) will come to an end,\u201d according to the release.<\/p>\n

Also, an increase in the number of F\/A-18Cs, a Navy single-seat version, has cut the need for WSOs.<\/p>\n

Current plans call for all two-seat F\/A18s to be replaced by single-seaters by 2030, according to a Marine Corps release.<\/p>\n

First lieutenants Michael LoGrande and John Roger Rueckel III were the last two Marines to graduate with the \u201cSabrehawks\u201d in training squadron (VT) 86, according to a Marine Corps release.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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