Anyone had thoughts as to who is going to fill Air Eng seats in E-3s after the last of that trade retire (long before the aircraft).
Could pilots be Air Engs? as most US airlines used to do.
Could WSOps be Air Engs? as Victor AEOs wanted to do on the VC10.
Could Navs be Air Engs?
Or would it be better to train bright young groundcrew lads/lasses to do this job. Full aircrew training plus an understanding of engineering from their previous trade would equip them nicely for this specialized job. You could even give them a different brevet to denote their skills. How about one similar to the WSOp but with - lets say an "E" for engineer in the centre. On second thoughts - nah it'll never work.
Tombstone - don't think the argies had any FJs with Navs except Canberras with no rocket seat. Might have been a Pucara?