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Warrant officers in the Air Force have long history
May 16, 2024
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news:

Long before our nation was founded, navies used warrant officers to handle technical operations aboard Navy warships, while the more aristocratic officers were "commissioned" to command them.

The Army gave a similar in-between grade to headquarters clerks in the late 1890s, but it did not use the warrant officer title . . .

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