why do some fighter aircraft have a Weapons System Officer while others don’t(?) (more in comments)

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This is inspired by seeing Top Gun: Maverick, where one fighter has a second person in the cockpit as a weapons system officer, while the other doesn’t. Does the other aircraft only have a one-seat cockpit?

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I was an NFO when I was in the Navy. To answer your question the position exists to provide continual harassment of the monkey stick boys who are our voice operated auto pilots. The single seat aircraft are for the snowflakes that can’t handle being around superior beings.

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