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    THE AVO’S PERSPECTIVE

    Feb 01, 2022 2 minutes

    While Peabody and Babka handled the VX-23 Super Hornet, Boeing’s Sam Platt oversaw the flight of the MQ-25 on June 4 as the Stingray’s Air Vehicle Operator, or AVO.

    AVOs are the uncrewed tanker’s operators. They don’t remotely pilot the MQ-25, which flies autonomously. They devise the mission plan that defines how the

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