wizzo

wizzo
 n.— «A skilled “Wizzo”—weapons-systems operator—can achieve good accuracy with only one aiming device, but the planners established the “double lock” rule to make sure the right targets were hit.» —“Reagan’s Raiders” by Russel Watson, John Barry, John Walcott Newsweek Apr. 28, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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