Just to be fully pedantic on MG's post and so you don't get it wrong at interview:
Weapon System Officer = WSO (pronounced 'Wizzo')
Weapon System Operator = WSOp (pronounced 'Wizzop')
WSO are commissioned officers and WSOps are non-commissioned officers (NCO).
Finally, I noted that there were some University Air Sqn types that are WSO who are holding with me this summer. So the stream may opening in very limited numbers. There are 'core' programs still in service that need WSOs:
RIVET JOINT
Sentry AEW Mk1
Tornado GR4 (although OSD is likely sometime soon after JSF ISD in 2018/19)
Plus some Urgent Operational Requirements (UORs) that are looking at going into 'core':
REAPER (to become Project SCAVANGER)
SHADOW
and possibly Sentinel RMk1 which is due to finish at the end of Op HERRICK.
So there will be either commissioning of WSOps or new WSOs to train. I hear that the Observer Course at RNAS Culdrose is being looked at for these small numbers.
LJ
Last edited by Lima Juliet; 27th May 2013 at 09:08.