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Crompsin's really the expert in this area, but my opinion:
Your parents haven't done you any favours by sheltering you from the Big Bad World. The simple fact is that sooner or later you're going to end up on your own. Balancing a budget, doing a load of laundry, cooking a healthy meal, doing the groceries and cleaning the house are all essential skills that everyone needs. If your parents have been doing these things for you, then you'll be lacking these skills that are completely necessary for everyday life.
The bottom line is that it's your life to live. You and I know that there are good reasons for joining the military. They teach discipline, independence and generally make sure you have your shit together (in some ways, anyway). The big downside to all of this is that you may end up having to risk your life, and you may end up having to kill someone. If you are aware of this going in and can be okay with this, and if on the whole you have decided that this is the right decision for you, then you need to follow that. It's not your job to make your parents understand; it's up to them to come to terms with your decision and figure out how they can support it.
That's how it should work, anyway.
In the real world, there's a possibility that your parents will not understand. It's selfish and wrong of them to tell you that you can't do what you want to do because they don't like it, but people are selfish and wrong all the time. You may have the added pressure of deciding if a military career is worth risking your relationship with your family for. If it were me, I wouldn't let them stand in the way of my own dreams, but then my mother taught me to be independent and supported me making my own choices, so it's an easy thing for me to say.
Also, don't join the military to fly. What if you can't? Have a back-up plan.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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