I do have a link for Kara Hultgreen, the first female F-14 fighter jet pilot. She was the best possible female candidate for the role, however, due to [political incorrect sentence], she made mistakes where other male pilots would have been disqualified. Due to political pressure to include females in more military roles, the military pushed her to continue even when she didn't want to. During one flight, she made a mistake while flying the jet, and she died as a result.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Hultgreen
The Center for Military Readiness (CMR) suggests that Hultgreen "may have been the victim of a flawed policy" which overlooked her mistakes in training, two of which were similar to those that caused her death.[2] The Navy conceded that the material on which the CMR based its report was "largely accurate".
An Accuracy in Media report quotes Cmdr Tom Sobiek, commanding officer of Fighter Squadron VF-124, as saying of the 4 female pilots in his squadron that "the women are going to graduate regardless of how they performed" and reports that "the Navy was in a race with the Air Force to get the first female fighter pilot".[7]
I concede there is no 50% quota and should not have written "equal number" in that sentence.