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7524 Naval Flight Officer (NFO), FRS Basic F/A-18D Weapons Systems Officer (WSO)

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Overview

A naval flight officer serving as an F/A-18D weapons systems officer assists the aircraft crew in employing offensive and defensive weapons. When assigned as a supporting arms coordinator, the officer directs artillery, naval gunfire, and close air support for ground forces, advises ground commanders on aerial observation, and provides intelligence information unavailable through normal sources.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Artillery, naval gunfire and air support coordination
  • Aerial observation advice for ground commanders

Civilian Career Paths

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Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists

Advising ground commanders on aerial observation and providing intelligence information offers operational context for interpreting aircraft-derived data.

How to prepare: Complete an introductory GIS and image-analysis course that includes a project analyzing airborne imagery.

What the civilian work involves
  • Manage or analyze data obtained from remote sensing systems to obtain meaningful results.
  • Analyze data acquired from aircraft, satellites, or ground-based platforms, using statistical analysis software, image analysis software, or Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Python

Notes & Sources

  • Supporting-fires coordination duties apply to NFOs assigned as Supporting Arms Coordinators (SAC(A)).
Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 7524

    [1] MOS 7524 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 18463; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Artillery, naval gunfire and air support coordination, Aerial observation advice for ground commanders, Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists (O*NET 19-2099.01)

  2. O*NET: Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists (O*NET 19-2099.01)

Defense contractor jobs for 7524

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