The first woman to become a US fighter pilot was Jeannie Leavitt in 1993. That's not a coincidence: until then, women were banned from flying combat missions. h

The first woman to become a US fighter pilot was Jeannie Leavitt in 1993. That's not a coincidence: until then, women were banned from flying combat missions. https://web.archive.org/web/20140111222628/http://articles.philly.com/1993-05-20/living/25964911_1_fighter-pilot-jeannie-flynn-holloman-air-force-base https://web.archive.org/web/20140111222628/http://articles.p... So yes, requiring applicants to have fighter pilot experience in 1963 was exactly the same as denying women because of their gender.