Robert M. Gary wrote:

If your vision changes after you are jet qualified the military will allow
you to use correction (although probably not contacts). They aren't going
to throw away the millions they spend on your training. So its not unusual
to see figher pilots (especially the older COs) using correction. I can
actually name a few myself. I wonder what the military thinks of some of
these new surgeries?

That, I am very curious about.

I received an article of mail today on the Florida Air National Guard that
had more info than anything I've ever seen. Simply, it was only a few
weblinks, but one of them actually linked to something I had never seen
before. In a roundabout way, I wound up on
www.baseops.net/archive/archiveupt and answered a few questions I had.

Aside from vision, which I believe is 20/60 or 20/70 currently, I think
the only thing that might hold me back is physical fitness and a very
small criminal offense from 5 years ago. I can get in shape, and the
offense can be expunged (albeit expensively).

I've dreamed of being a fighter jock (who hasn't, eh?) since I was a
preteen, so if I have any chance at this, I plan to milk it. Already sent
an e-mail off to a recruiter, but so far I've received no reply. I keep
forgetting to set the "return receipt" flag. Last time a sent a mail off
to a recruiter, I never received any reply. Funny, right out of high
school I had to threaten the Marines with legal action before they'd shut
up...

Anyway, dinner's up...




What I want to know is why the History channel showed an F-15 pilot
wearing standard civilian sunglasses in the airplane during flight, yet
people who require corrective lenses can't fly the plane. At least,
this is what the recruiters have told me. Piloting a fighter jet - of
any sort - has been my dream since my preteen years. I know there are
many, many more requirements than mere visual acuity, of course, but I
feel cheated that they won't allow prescription glasses in the cockpit
but they'll allow other glasses in. That was the main reason the
recruiter gave me was that glasses couldn't be worn, so acuity had to be
nearly perfect. Has this changed any?

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