[rabidralph]

We ended up with women in fighters who could barely fly (one ended up dead)

WOW. All of one?! As opposed to the guys who regularly turn cartwheels across the flight deck or who go into vertical climbs to impress their parents on their way out of Millington?

[Pukin Dog]

What is your point? Bad pilots come in all shapes and sexes. The first women entering the fighter pipeline were rushed through with lower standards. I am not at all saying that women are not qualified to be in fighters. Don't try to suggest that I meant anything other than what I said.

[Phsstpok]

WOW. All of one?! As opposed to the guys who regularly turn cartwheels across the flight deck or who go into vertical climbs to impress their parents on their way out of Millington?

from what I hear John McCain was a "limited talent" pilot, who wouldn't have seen pilots wings, let alone combat, except for his connections.

Female pilots may actually have some advantages over men in high G situations, physiologically, and it is yet to be proven, one way or the other, how they will do psychologically.

Now, I'm not particularly aware of any problems with vertical climb outs from Millington. Doesn't mean they don't happen, or didn't in the past. However, the most recent such incident I'm aware of that was in Tennessee, was, I think, an F-14 leaving Nashville, wasn't it? That one just augered in, what, about 2 years ago? He was doing a viking takeoff to impress the folks and lost an engine, or ingested a bird, or both.