served the military by cleaning, sewing and cooking for the
troops. Moreover, the military officials declared women should
only be permitted to serve in the military when there was a
serious shortage of men. Finally, with the women rights
movement in 1976, women were finally permitted to join the
military academies and services. Women join the Air Force
because the physical conditions required by this branch of the
military are conditions that women are capable of performing
as well, if not better, than men. Regulations and requirements
necessary to become an Air Force pilot can apply to both men
and women. In some cases physical hindrances in flight, such
as gravity, actually favor women. Because women are usually
shorter and have a slightly different body structure they have
a different G force system regulating their bodily functions.
Therefore, their tolerance for in flight conditions is superior to
that of men. G force refers to the force of gravity on the body
and women’s body structure related to this G force is more
conducive to in flight conditions. Additionally, the eye-hand
coordination and intellectual capacities such as the ability to
read and perform instrumentation associated with flight are
talents available to both genders. Another reason why women
join the Air Force over other divisions of military is because of