WHY DOES EVERY U.S. MILITARY BRANCH HAVE PILOTS? (EXPLORING THE DIFFERENCES)

Want to learn about what all of the pilots do in the United States Military? There are Army Pilots, Navy Pilots, Marine Corps Pilots, Air Force Pilots, and Coast Guard Pilots. While all of these pilots fly aircraft, there are a lot of differences that showcase their purpose in the world of military aviation.

U.S. Military pilots are one of a kind. If you want to learn more about the various pilot jobs in the United States Military, as well as what separates them, watch this video!



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[FlyingTigersKMT]

Helicopter door gunners are cool but nothing beats the submarine door gunners in the navy.

[Emanemoston]

In the 80s, as a young Marine, I spoke to a Vietnam area Marine. He said that often when they called other branch air they would mention about how it would be dark soon, cloud cover, poor weather. When they called Marine air units, they showed up.

[verdebusterAP]

Every branch has its own aviation assets for their specific needs. The Army is limited due to the key west agreement. The Army owning too much aviation equipment would interfere with the USAF role. The USN for carrier operations. The USCG for rescue. The USMC tops charts because they technically exist within the USN which allow them to operate whatever they want, their only limitation is their budget.

[Projectmiami]

The reason why the Navy has “aviators” is because in the Navy “pilots” are the civilian harbor specialists that help Navy warships pull into port

[Romper]

As a retired Naval Aviator...You don't have to be a graduate of the US Naval Academy to fly for the Navy or Marine Corps..There are other commissioning options a candidate can choose from.. There's NROTC, Officer Candidate School(OCS) Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class(PLC AIR) Seaman to Admiral Program(SAM)

[CocoaBeachLiving]

Youtube did you right.. Actually recommended a good channel! I appreciate that you included the USCG. I flew as air crew on a HU-25A back in the 80s.. We did a lot of SAR missions that were in weather so bad, nothing else was allowed to fly.

[xaviergarner]

An Ace is a pilot with 5 confirmed air to air kills, doesnt have to be in one day. Ols didnt shoot down 15 in one day, but in three different wars, some in WW2 then Korea and Nam

[jmdesertadventures]

There is only one aircraft that is shared across all the branches the Sikorsky H-60 hawk series. Army has the UH-60Blackhawk, Navy has SH-60 Seahawk, Airforce has MH-60 Pavehawk, Coast guard has HH-60 Jayhawk. Only one unit in the Marine Corps, HMLX1 flies the VH-60 Whitehawk.

[joezhangmd]

Since you guys mentioned the astronaut pipeline, did you know the air force and navy also have a pilot physician route. (Navy calls them dual designators). You end up as a medical doctor and pilot. This is different from regular flight surgeons who are doctors that have expertise in aviation and get rides on various aircraft. In the pilot physician system you end up as the PIC (pilot in command).

[tombrewer]

You've done some really cool videos on the different branches Special Operators and now different branches pilots. As a C-130 crewchief for most of 20 years, it would be cool to see a video about the aircraft maintainers, from all branches, and different specialties. As maintainers, we never look for any kind of praise, but air operations would not happen without them. Be it fighter ops, flight deck ops, search and rescue, special ops infill/exfill, close air support, bombers, tankers, cargo transport, etc. Maintainers not only have to know how all systems on a particular airframe work, we have to know how to troubleshoot and fix them when there's a problem. In the Air Force, the crewchief owns the airplane and has their name painted on the side. Also maintainers on airlift aircraft were considered part of the aircrew (in my day anyway) when away from home station, and although we weren't "operators" or pilots, we got to do some pretty cool stuff. Being a C-130 crewchief in Air Force Special Ops was the most rewarding job I ever had.

[DeuceDeuce]

My OG desire in 6th grade was to be a military helo pilot after getting a college education and being an officer, I had amazing grades until junior year of high school when I discovered playing drums, girls and booze. I squandered my potential at the time, but I'll never regret my decision to join the military regardless as infantry Marine in 2004, and my interactions with pilots of all branches weather in person or over comms, is their professional yet laid back demeanor and witnessing them rain hell from above always was awe inspiring.

Keep up the good work with your videos brothers, our misguided youth, needs good info on the options that are available in the United States Military.

-Semper, YUT!

[nickma]

In BCT we had 3 pilots in the platoon. Rotary wing of course. Right after Pass and Review, all were promoted to E5. 2 were SPC4, one PFC. He had a license, but didn't have a BS.

[EdumacatedThug]

Col. John H. Glenn, first Marine pilot and first American to orbit the earth.

[troy______]

Without watching this video I would never know that the Air Force has pilots!

[mrsodolo]

As a Airforce veteran, I had the pleasure working on B-52’s when stationed at Barksdale AFB.

[creoleDJ]

*FUN FACT* the late Ed McMahon, known for being the sidekick on "The Johnny Carson Show" and host of "Star Search, " was a Marine Corps pilot. He flew in WWII and Korea...

[jarhead]

What a great video. Thanks to all of you pilots out there. Have been fortunate to fly with nearly all of you, one time or more. Just so happens that one of my new neighbors was an active duty pilot and now flies commercial flights. Hats off to all of you.
S/F
USMC Ret.

[RamadiTaxiDriverM]

Good stuff bro. Former Recon Marine turned Hawk Driver turned Apache Driver. Flying EMS with some former Coasties and they have some amazing stories, much respect to all. S/F

[martinwalker]

1981-4 I served on the USS Acadia AD-42. We were leaving Bremerton and about midnight my division is woken up to do flight ops because one of our sailors had had a heart attack. The helicopter coming in was a Coast Guard Dauphin.

[johnrodriguez]

The Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, all have Pilots, Navigators, Weapons System Operators, Crew Chiefs, etc.and et.al., and, although the Air Force has a very large Aviation Combat Element ( ACE), They support the other Services airlift capabilities, plus, transport the Space Force. This Prior Service USMC and US Army Veteran is impressed.🇺🇸🦅🗽✈️