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flight officer

American  

noun

  1. an officer of the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II, having a rank equivalent to that of a warrant officer junior grade.


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“All of a sudden I’m working 15-hour days on this plumbing business,” said Caroline, now 35, who managed a crew of nine as a naval flight officer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Evans, a naval flight officer, grew up in Palmdale and attended USC.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024

When he was a F-14 Tomcat pilot, he said, the flight officer in the back seat thought he saw a U.F.O.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2023

Ines Hixon, Thomas’ wife and a Navy flight officer, said she was deployed off Iran and had returned from a flight when she saw an email from her husband that his father had been killed.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

“The English flight officer has studied the craft of the novel. She is making use of suspense and foreshadowing.”

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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