This study examines organizational culture within military aviation units, focusing on pilots’ perceptions of airmanship, in the Swedish Air Force’s 11th and 32nd Helicopter 14 squadrons. Using an interpretive approach, organizational culture is viewed as a socially constructed phenomenon and analyzed through Edgar Schein’s three-level model—artifacts, espoused values, and basic underlying assumptions—based on twelve semi-structured pilot interviews and a theory-driven thematic anal-ysis. Findings show that airmanship offers a useful empirical entry point to understanding professional values and organizational culture. Flight safety and openness appear as rooted and shared values, while other aspects—such as the pilot’s role, the emphasis on creativity, and a naval identity—differ between the squadrons and seem linked to their operational context. The study contributes to research on military organizational culture by showing how airmanship reflects both stable and adaptable cultural elements, and by pointing to possible connections between operational conditions and cultural variation.