air force pilot
Combat aircraft operator
An air force pilot is a military aviator who flies aircraft for a nation's air force.
The role encompasses combat pilots flying fighters or bombers, transport pilots moving personnel and cargo, and pilots of reconnaissance or support aircraft.
She trained for two years to become an air force pilot.
The term distinguishes military pilots from civilian or naval aviators.
- fighterOne who engages in combat
- air combatWarfare between aircraft
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- aviatorOne who pilots aircraft
- jetForced fluid stream
squadron · wingman · throttle · ejection · eject button · dogfight · bomber · mission · altitude · radar · ground control · helmet · Top Gun · ace · barrel roll · callsign · call sign · sortie
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Pilot serving at sea
sailor · foot soldier · tank commander · submariner · artilleryman
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Licensed noncommercial aircraft operator
bush pilot · charter pilot · flight instructor · commercial pilot · airline pilot
air force pilotsubmariner
Sailor on underwater vessel
submarine captain · deep-sea diver · tunnel rat · miner · ship captain
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