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Answer :
G-suits are required for USAF fighter pilots on all flights expect ferry
flights. USAF Fighter Pilots wear them (and the g-vest) any time they fly a
training mission, combat mission or air demonstration. Civilian
demonstration pilots (like USAF reserve pilot Ed "Hamster" Hamill in his
Pitts) do not wear g-suits, because their planes do not have the equipment
to "inflate" the g-suit. You are also correct, that while air show pilots do pull g's
equivalent to fighter pilots, their aircraft are not capable of sustained
g's and that is where the g-suit helps the most.
Mike Carter
Retired USAF F-16 Pilot
Southwest Airlines Pilot
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