Originally Posted by
hawgwild
Ok, I’ll bite...so what exactly is a “super NFO” program? Do they issue you cape with your wings?
It was a program from about 1996-2000 I think (I left in 98; I was an IP) where student NFOs flew their first 12 hops in the front seat of the T-34, learning takeoffs, landings, aerobatics, stalls, and spins. The concept was to familiarize them with a pilot’s perspective. It was a joint USN and USAF program.
But they did not solo.
After those 12 rides, they rode in the trunk.
As I understand it, they shut down the program because it cost too much money, and took almost as long to graduate as going to pilot training.