Find salaries. Upload your resume. Sign in. Finding a Job. What is a Marine pilot? Helicopters for troop deployment and medical evacuations Attack helicopters for air support for Marines on the ground Fighter jets and attack jets that deploy from large ships Hybrid machines for special situations and circumstances. What does a Marine pilot do? Assault support Offensive air support Controlling aircraft Controlling missiles Anti-air warfare Electronic warfare Aerial reconnaissance.
What does a Marine pilot fly? Fixed-wing aircraft. KC Super Hercules: A refueling plane and propeller transport that operates in any environment, medevac Marines, provides battlefield illumination and humanitarian help and delivers Marines, cargo and fuel. EA-6B Prowler: An electronic warfare jet that detects, destroys or jams enemy air defenses. UH-1Y Huey: A versatile helicopter that provides medical evacuation, or medevac, and combat support along with assault support, aerial reconnaissance, close air support and command and control.
AH-1Z Super Cobra: An air support helicopter that has guns and rockets for providing cover or escorting transport helicopters and advancing ground troops. CHE Super Stallion: A heavy-lift helicopter that can carry and lift 16 tons of cargo like personnel, vehicles or supplies with armament and agility.
Hybrid machines. RA-7B Shadow Drone: An unmanned aircraft system that helps Marines with target acquisition, reconnaissance and to relay communications. MV Osprey: A hybrid helicopter and transport plane that can do vertical or short landings and take-offs thanks to a unique tilt-rotor system.
In , the FB made its combat debut , conducting its first strike in Afghanistan. Additionally, the FB first deployed aboard the Wasp with the Pacific-based 31st MEU in March , marking the first maritime operational deployment for the aircraft.
Earlier this year, Berger told audiences at the annual Surface Navy Association conference that as part of preparations to face China in a potential near-peer conflict, the Navy and Marine Corps can't send warships out that look the same every time, and should adopt more methods of unpredictability. That could mean loading an amphibious assault ship with Fs on one deployment -- what officials have called the "lightning carrier" concept -- and sending the next ship out full of MV Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, followed by a mix of the two.
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That means that much of your training happens alongside Navy pilots. Before applying to become a Marine Corps fighter pilot, you need to meet the initial requirements. Commissioning happens at the end of college and any initial training you need to complete. You must also be a citizen of the United States and pass a physical examination.
Finally, you must attend and graduate from Officer Candidate School. Marine Corps fighter pilots are commissioned as officers in a few different ways. While attending college, you can go through the Platoon Leaders Class, which offers the required officer training over two six-week training sessions or one week training session.
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