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155A Fixed Wing Aviator (Aircraft Nonspecific)

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Overview

A Fixed Wing Aviator pilots and commands fixed-wing utility aircraft under tactical and nontactical conditions during the day and at night. The aviator transports passengers and cargo, performs instrument flight procedures and navigation, interprets airborne weather radar, and conducts military intelligence and airborne radio relay missions.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Instrument flight procedures and navigation
  • Airborne weather radar interpretation
  • Intelligence and airborne radio relay missions

Civilian Career Paths

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Commercial Pilots

Commanding fixed-wing utility aircraft for passenger and cargo transport, including instrument flight, directly overlaps with commercial flying duties.

How to prepare: Have a civilian flight school review your military flight records and current certificates to identify remaining commercial-pilot and instrument-rating preparation.

What the civilian work involves
  • Co-pilot aircraft or perform captain's duties, as required.
  • Use instrumentation to pilot aircraft when visibility is poor.
  • Monitor engine operation, fuel consumption, and functioning of aircraft systems during flights.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Aeronautical charts
  • AeroPlanner

Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

Military passenger and cargo flying, day and night operations, and instrument navigation transfer directly to airline flight duties.

How to prepare: Compare your flight records and certificates with FAA ATP requirements to identify remaining age, flight-hour, and examination requirements. Scheduled airline pilot crews must hold ATP certificates, which require a commercial pilot certificate first; airline pilots typically also need a bachelor's degree and commercial or military pilot experience.

What the civilian work involves
  • Use instrumentation to guide flights when visibility is poor.
  • Start engines, operate controls, and pilot airplanes to transport passengers, mail, or freight, adhering to flight plans, regulations, and procedures.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • AeroPlanner

Notes & Sources

  • Both pilot paths require the applicable FAA certificates and ratings, medical qualification, flight experience, and knowledge and practical examinations; continued flying also requires periodic physical and practical flight examinations.
Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 155A Fixed Wing Aviator (Aircraft Nonspecific)

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 155A (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank warrant_officer, authority codeType warrant_officer

    Supports: Instrument flight procedures and navigation, Airborne weather radar interpretation, Intelligence and airborne radio relay missions, Commercial Pilots (O*NET 53-2012.00), Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers (O*NET 53-2011.00)

  2. O*NET: Commercial Pilots

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Commercial Pilots (O*NET 53-2012.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: airline and commercial pilot duties and entry requirements

    [3] What They Do; How to Become One; Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations; updated 2026-08-27, retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Commercial Pilots (O*NET 53-2012.00), Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers (O*NET 53-2011.00)

  4. O*NET: Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers (O*NET 53-2011.00)

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