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== UNSC ==
== UNSC ==
[[File:Pilot With Hornet.jpg|thumb|250px|A UNSC pilot next to a [[Hornet]].]]
[[File:Pilot With Hornet.jpg|thumb|250px|A UNSC pilot next to a [[Hornet]].]]
There are pilots in all main branches of the [[UNSC Armed Forces]]: the [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]], [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], and [[Spartan Operations]]. Large crews of Navy crewmen operate and maintain UNSC starships; the command and control of the vessel is carried out from the [[bridge]]. Many UNSC [[Template:UNSC Aircraft|aerospace craft]] can all be operated by just one pilot, as can [[Bumblebee]] lifepods. During the [[Human-Covenant War]], human pilots typically had significant tactical advantages and often outnumbered their Covenant equivalents in early engagements, though were often moot against the technological superiority of Covenant fighters such as the [[Seraph]].<ref name="WFSeraph">'''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''', Strikecraft, p. 58-59</ref>
There are pilots in all main branches of the [[United Nations Space Command]] armed forces: the [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]], [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], and [[Spartan Operations]]. Large crews of Navy crewmen operate and maintain UNSC starships; the command and control of the vessel is carried out from the [[bridge]]. Many UNSC [[Template:UNSC Aircraft|aerospace craft]] can all be operated by just one pilot, as can [[Bumblebee]] lifepods. During the [[Human-Covenant War]], human pilots typically had significant tactical advantages and often outnumbered their Covenant equivalents in early engagements, though were often moot against the technological superiority of Covenant fighters such as the [[Seraph]].<ref name="WFSeraph">'''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''', Strikecraft, p. 58-59</ref>


The Pelicans of the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} were seemingly exclusively operated by pilots from [[23rd Naval Air Squadron]], while the Pelicans of the {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} were operated by Marine pilots.
The Pelicans of the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} were seemingly exclusively operated by pilots from [[23rd Naval Air Squadron]], while the Pelicans of the {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} were operated by Marine pilots.