Yeah, Huggy said person, which excludes the need for a WSO..

Mover and Gonky discussed this with the F-15EX

My druthers is to provide a place for them to land that seems more logical and to retrain some for the right seat with pilot wings.

F-7 & F-15EX with GIBs to control CCAs, B-21 with attached UPT program…

The only reason the EX has a backseat is due to the relative ease/cost of using the already existent tooling, etc. It’s not because any non-WSOs thought there was a WSO necessity. That said, writing on the wall says the AF may go the way of the Navy/USMC - “single seat” and “dual seat” squadrons with the same basic aircraft type. It’ll be interesting to see how it all pans out while enjoying my tray table.