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    A naval aviator is a commissioned officer or warrant officer qualified as a crewed aircraft pilot in the United States Navy or United States Marine Corps...
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    A United States Aviator Badge refers to three types of aviation badges issued by the United States Armed Forces, those being for Air Force, Army, and Naval...
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  • deployed ashore. URL officers are naval aviators (and Naval Aviator-Astronauts), Naval Flight Officers (and Naval Flight Officer-Astronauts), Surface...
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    the first naval aviator on 28 January 1911, and commissioned its first aircraft carrier, USS Langley (CV-1), in 1922. United States naval aviation fully...
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    United States Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Navy Seabees, form the U.S. Naval Construction Force (NCF). The Seabee nickname is a heterograph...
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    selected naval aviators and naval flight officers, who return to their operating units as surrogate instructors. The program began as the United States Navy...
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    cutter" plane to become the first naval aviator. $25,000 was appropriated for the Bureau of Navigation (United States Navy) to purchase three airplanes...
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  • United States Armed Forces, those being for Air Force, Army, and Naval (to include Marine and Coast Guard) aviation. Air Force Pilot and Army Aviator...
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    Elmer Fowler Stone (category United States Naval Aviators)
    Stone (January 22, 1887 – May 20, 1936) was a United States naval aviator and a commander in the United States Coast Guard. Stone was born in Livonia, New...
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    The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Navy, or Annapolis) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845...
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  • A naval flight officer (NFO) is a commissioned officer in the United States Navy or United States Marine Corps who specializes in airborne weapons and...
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    Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (a. k. a. COMNAVAIRLANT, AIRLANT, and CNAL) is the aviation Type Commander (TYCOM) for the United States Naval aviation...
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    Lou Conter (category United States Navy bomber pilots of World War II)
    – April 1, 2024) was an American naval officer who was a lieutenant commander and naval aviator in the United States Navy. At the time of his death, he...
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    The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2005, is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy...
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    George D. Murray (category United States Naval Aviators)
    an admiral in the United States Navy and an early naval aviator. Murray was born in Boston, Massachusetts, attended the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating...
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    William C. McCool (category United States Naval Aviators)
    Graham September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who was...
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    Army. The naval astronaut insignias are issued in a single degree to naval aviators and flight officers from the United States Navy, United States Marine...
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    Beechcraft T-6 Texan II (category 1990s United States military trainer aircraft)
    training, the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps for primary Naval Aviator training and primary and intermediate Naval Flight Officer...
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    of SSBNs or attack submarines (SSN). In Naval Aviation, captains with sea commands are Naval Aviators or Naval Flight Officers who are commanding officers...
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    reported to Naval Aviation Camp in Annapolis, Maryland, "for duty in connection with aviation." On 20 August 1912, he became the first Marine aviator when he...
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  • The Naval Flight Officer insignia is a breast insignia of the United States military which is awarded to those aviators of the Navy, Marine Corps and...
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    and becoming the second American naval officer to fly for the United States Navy, designated as U.S. Naval aviator No. 2. On February 1, 1911, Rodgers...
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    Jesse L. Brown (category United States Naval Aviators)
    December 4, 1950) was a United States Navy officer. He was the first African-American aviator to complete the United States Navy's basic flight training...
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    of Aeronautics was formed in 1921; naval aviators would become referred to as members of the United States Naval Air Corps. Army airman Billy Mitchell...
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    Oscar Holmes (category United States Naval Aviators)
    Oscar Wayman Holmes (31 January 1916 – 5 November 2001) was an American naval aviator in World War II and civilian flight controller, the first African-American...
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    Nile Kinnick (category Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in Venezuela)
    Nile Clarke Kinnick Jr. (July 9, 1918 – June 2, 1943) was an American naval aviator, law student, and college football player for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He...
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    Alexander Armatas (category United States Naval Aviators)
    Alexander P. Armatas is a naval aviator in the United States Navy. He is the flight leader and commanding officer of the Blue Angels, an elite fighter...
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    Madeline Swegle (category Women United States Naval Aviators)
    Madeline Swegle (formerly Madeline Manhertz) is a United States Naval Aviator. She is the U.S. Navy's first black female tactical jet pilot. Swegle is...
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    Albert Cushing Read (category United States Naval Aviators)
    He attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, graduating in the class of 1907. In 1915, he was designated naval aviator number 24. As a Lieutenant...
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    Barbara Allen Rainey (category Women United States Naval Aviators)
    naval aviator in February 1974 and became the first Navy woman to qualify as a jet pilot. She attained the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the United...
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