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In the United States, aviation is a traditionally male occupation. Due to Commerce Department regulations, one was virtually required to have flown in the military, and until the 1970s, the U.S. Air Force and Navy barred women from flying, thus also preventing them from moving into commercial piloting^{[citation needed]} (see also the WWII-era Women Airforce Service Pilots). Women began to enter U.S. aviation in the 1970s and 1980s, with 1973 seeing the first female pilot at a major U.S. airline, American Airlines, and 1986, seeing the first female captain at a major U.S. airline.In the 1970s, women began being permitted to fly in the United States Armed Forces, beginning with the Navy and the Army in 1974, and then the Air Force in 1976.
As of 2006, just over 6% of certified civilian pilots (both private and commercial) in the United States were womenF-15 Eagle female pilots walking to their jets at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska