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This article shares the experience of Scrum adoption in a strongly hierarchical organization of the Brazilian Air Force. There is an apparent paradox between Scrum teams and groups formed by military personnel. Hierarchy is not exclusive to the military. The turning point to succeed was institutional support. This article also shares some good teachings from military pilots that helped to spread the Agile Culture. The main contribution is the learning lessons that may inspire other organizations to work with Scrum or Agile adoption. Once a strongly hierarchical organization has succeeded in its journey, why not others? The journey is still underway. While Scrum adoption became an Agile transformation, culture and mindsets are changing. The main goal is to turn the Brazilian Aeronautics Computing Center of São José dos Campos into a reference in Agile Methods within the Brazilian Air Force.