FWIW, the US claims that they no longer give these pills to any military personnel. [0] as for why the pilots in particular, my (fairly uneducated) guess is th

FWIW, the US claims that they no longer give these pills to any military personnel. [0] as for why the pilots in particular, my (fairly uneducated) guess is that pilots inherently have knowledge of more sensitive information than a typical infantry person. while the soldier probably only has knowledge of local troop movements that will be stale in a few days (most US infantry standard procedures and equipment details are public knowledge), the pilot may know classified information about the aircraft they are flying. [0] https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/02/19/suicide-pills-needed-in-fight-against-isis-death-cult https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/02/19/suicide-pill...