Aces and Cheveliars

 It's somewhat poetic that the U.S. Air Force was created in Ohio, which was is the epicenter for what constitutes Medieval American chivalry. Both became the cruxes for premiere fighting forces for similar reasons--the way the plains meet the rivers and mountains are an optimum terrain for both the supply train and training. While the medieval knight is often considered more the equivalent to the tank, there are a few parallels to the air force pilot, and the heavy cavalry, at least on a cultural level.

In fact, the early European Air Forces were, more often than not, scions of waning aristocracies (And it's usually where modern European monarchs will find themselves involved), and it was not an uncommon branch for American old money families to have. As many medievalist will tell you, heavy cavalry was one of the more cost prohibitive ways to serve--horses, arms, and even the staff needed to maintain knightliness. The resemblance is not unlike a crew needed to maintain a plane, or in fact, a pit crew, which also maybe gives knights an air of race car drivers.

An American knight thus sometimes resembles the prototypical Tom Cruise character--cocky, brash, but, at least in literature extolling then, fearless and competent. The new Top Gun movie also depicts the pilots having colorful, personalized decals on their helmets. This may seem rather unrealistic and overly Hollywood, but that's because it's a very new development, implemented at the tail end of the 2010's. This would go well in hand with the neo-Medieval knights. Knights always had a sense of flair, for both reasons of vanity and practicality (To know whom is whom on the battlefield). In an era where warriors are a little more individualistic, and clarity, not stealth is, more of a going concern in war, knights would embrace flourishes that make them more distinctive.

Of course, just as manned jets may see themselves growing in obsolescence with the creation of drone warfare, there's always the possibility of 3th century knights falling out of favor at any time.