Woman Fails in Bid to Be Israeli Fighter Pilot
A 23-year-old woman who shook up the male-dominated Israeli military with a court-won right to compete to be a fighter pilot has failed to make the grade, the army said Thursday.
Air Force Lt. Alice Miller flunked qualifying exams after a Supreme Court victory in November gave her the right to try to win a place in the men-only pilots’ course.
The military bans female soldiers from jobs that could place them in combat but had to make an exception for Miller when she won her case.
An army communique did not elaborate on the nature of the tests that it said Miller, an aeronautical engineer who has a civilian pilot’s license, had failed.
As a soldier, Miller is barred from talking to the media.
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