Trump and Hegseth couldn't care less about our pilots. If they had been shot down and captured, all Trump would say is you're a sucker and that he prefers pilots who don't get captured, which is what he said about John McCain.
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/-you-re-going-to-kill-somebody-signal-chat-leak-angers-current-former-u-s-military-pilots-235670085699