New Player

Hey everyone! I’m a new player to War Thunder and I had a question. I understood when I got the game that it’s gonna be tough and it was gonna be a grind to get to the vehicles I want to use but I did not know it was gonna take super long to grind so my question is “Is there any good ways to level up fast and also is there a faster way of researching my vehicles?” I mainly have been playing Arcade Air Battles and the country I’ve been playing with is America. But anyways yeah that’s my question, any help and advice would be appreciated.🙂👍