Jobs not in control of the stick, but with a job on the aircraft?
Folks here named a few, but there are still many unmentioned.
Let's add a few, based on the mission they perform:
- Electronic Warfare: Folks like the EWOs on EA6-Bs (two EWOs in back, one pilot, one NFO). Or the folks in the back of the EC-130s (bunch of them in the rear of the a/c, performing the real job on that bird). Or the guys running the sensors on the RC-135s, or Rivet Joint. Heck, the Army has a few electonic warfare birds, using crews just like the other services.
- Command and Control: ABCCC crew (Air Borne Command and Control bird, large crew of comm guys and senior officers controlling the battle). Or perhaps a Air Battle Manager job on a E-3 (mentioned before) or the Navy's E-2 Hawkeyes. Heck we even have folks on Air Force One working comms.
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-Intel / Surveillance: Again, Rivet Joint. Plus lots of smaller platforms in all the services working ISR now.
- Strike / CAS platforms: Besides the CSOs already mentioned on F-15Es, B-1s, B-52s, and F-18E/Fs? How about the two guys running the sensor suites and targeting in the back of the AC-130?
- Other, various missions: Here's a stretch -- Jumpmaster for an Army Airborne unit, or just plain ol' paratrooper (ain't getting to jump unless you have a plane to get you there!). Or better yet, ANY Special Forces officer They ALL jump. or use planes during insertion. Hurricane hunter weather officer. Astronaut trainee. Frankly, there are just so many positions in the military that may require you to be on a plane sometime, the list can get pretty long and obscure...
And if you REALLY want to occasionally work on a plane: maintenance officer. You'll definitely work ON a plane, but that may have not been what you had in mind...