Thread: Aviation Observer Wings Question - Do they still use them ?
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Old July 7th 07, 12:35 AM
Larry Cauble Larry Cauble is offline
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From what I remember and what I can read they are no longer issued and the
NFO came out in 1968. Yet I see a website where someone claiming to be a
commander and being commissioned in 82 wearing A/O wings on his uniform. In
my limited 16 year career (med disch not retired) I never once seen them.

Plus a lot of his other pictures and stuff don't add up.

Like his pictures of VP31 A/C deployed overseas, Course I was in VP31 and
don't remember them deploying all over the world they seemed to train a
lot of people though .


Thanks in advanced for answering the query

Rick Scott
Fmr USN AE1 and Aircrew
I know of at least two small groups of officers who wear/wore observer wings: Information warfare officers (1610 designator; used to be called cryptologic officers) who flew in EP-3 back end crews, and oceanography officers (1800) who flew weather missions. Pretty small numbers.