Actually, a CWO4 (Chief Warrant Officer) is probably the division officer
for one of the maintenance divisions in the squadron. The names at the
cockpit are squadron officers. Starting with the first side number, usually
the 00 bird is the Air Wing Commander, the 01 is the squadron Commanding
Officer etc. If they put different names on each side, they can get all of
the officers regardless if they're pilots or not.
Rob
"Paul Elliot" wrote in message
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Tom Callahan wrote:
Looks to me the guy taxiing this F/A-18 from VFA-137, NAS Lemoore, is a
Commander (shiny silver leaf on the shoulder). If so, what's the name of
the Chief Warrant Officer painted on the fuselage mean?
Aircraft was enroute to Key West for a stint of Top Gun training.




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