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| By: israelinsider staff |
| Published: January 7, 2007 |
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Air Force Chief Maj.-Gen. Eliezer Shkedy has ordered the Army's human resources branch to double the number of female cadets at the Air Force Academy, Yedioth Ahronoth has learned.
Shkedy also ordered the selection criteria for female cadets be changed and made similar to criteria applying to male cadets, arguing that tougher requirements are the cause of the high number of dropout among female candidates.
Air Force data show that only 5 percent of cadets who embark on the tough training course are females, only 4 percent of whom become pilots. The success rate among males is over 20 percent.
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