Career: WSO

Question 1

How long and where is Specialist training (phase 2)

Answer 1

1 week at RAF Halton
how the body reacts to the airborne environment

9 months at RNAS(royal navy air station) Culdrose
Utilizing the avenger aircraft

6 months operational conversion unit to the aircraft you’ve been assigned

Question 2

Day to day

Answer 2

Manage a mission crew of highly capable Wsops
Track submarines or enemy ships
Provide long range search and rescue

Question 3

How long is your service

Answer 3

12 years

Question 4

Career development

Answer 4

Have opportunities for further professional development aswell as training to fly different aircraft

Question 5

Why have you chosen this role

Answer 5

What first drew me into looking at WSO was it’s connection to istar while still being very operational.
As I looked into it more I liked the idea of working as aircrew managing complex sensors and weapons while on missions. Helping to track submarines or supporting search and rescue missions

Question 6

What aircraft could you fly

Answer 6

Poseidon
E3D sentry 
Rivet joint 
Sentinel 
Reaper 
Protector

Question 7

Where could you be stationed as a WSO

Answer 7

You would be stationed in a multitude of stations, as a WSO in the ISTAR force you could be stationed at RAF waddington or RAF lossiemouth, or abroad on missions.