am I wrong to say that most aircrew never command a flight of airmen or women? I don't think so. Flying sqn cdrs have JENGOs and SENGO to manage most of the troops for them.
Most ground trades don't understand air power per se. Most ground trades (and branches before the new IOT and ICSC) didn't either. Why do you think ICSC was bumped up to 8 wks and most of the HAWC was put into it? We haven't been taught air power doctrine up until that point. There is a sort of understanding of air power, but the real doctrine has only recently been broadcast to the masses.