Women in Military Aircrews: Possible Outlooks for the French Air Force

Abstract

Women are playing an increasingly important role in Western countries' Air Forces, a trend which reflects the changing role of women in society overall. Since 1983, the French Air Force has initiated a program to recruit female pilots, but on a limited basis. The U.S. Air Force experience with integrating women into aircrews has been both longer in duration and larger in scope. After describing the actual policy and current situation in the French Air Force, the author analyzes the opening of cockpit position to females in the USAF. He discusses the specific issues which might impact on unit readiness and ability to deploy, such as recruitment quotas, pregnancy, joint spouse assignments and unit morale. He draws on the successful U.S. Air Force experience and concludes that the lessons learned here may be used to project expanding roles for women in French military aircrews. He further brings some outlooks and recommendations to broaden the French Air Force program. (EG)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA217373

Entities

People

  • Francois Beck

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airlift Operations
  • Attrition
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Families (Human)
  • Flight Training
  • Law
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Training Aircraft
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.