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It is estimated that 90 percent of Americans have flown in their  lifetime. This is up. It is estimated that 21 percent of Americans  have flown within the last three monthsâ¦ alone. Making the world better, one answer at a time.
But in the two services with the majority of fixed-wing aircraft, the Navy and the Air Force, the percentage of black aviators is very small. Navy statistics from the fourth quarter of 2002 show that of 8,557 pilots (16 percent of the officer corps), just 185 are black â 2 percent.And in the Air Force, of 12,639 pilots (also 16.1 percent of the officer corps), just 236 officers are black pilots, or 2.1 percent.The dearth of black pilots is hardly news. To the contrary, military officials have been aware of the phenomenon for decades.nd in the Air Force, of 12,639 pilots (also 16.1 percent of the officer corps), just 236 officers are black pilots, or 2.1 percent.