wingman vs airplane pilot

wingman and airplane pilot both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wingman	Yes	No	No	No
airplane pilot	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, airplane pilot is a hypernym of wingman; that is, airplane pilot is a word with a broader meaning than wingman:

wingman: the pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation
airplane pilot: someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

Other hypernyms of wingman include pilot.

wingman (noun)	airplane pilot (noun)
the pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation	someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight