2007-05-11 03:23:48 · 10 answers · asked by BRANDON S 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I've answered this one before.
You do not need absolutely perfect vision to be a pilot. Anyone who tells you that you do doesn't know what they're talking about. I am a US Air Force pilot and I wear glasses.
The Air Force requires you to have at least 20/30 near vision and 20/70 distant vision, both correctable to 20/20. They do allow contact lenses, but they need to be a specific brand (I think it's Acuvue2, but I'm not sure). If you start out with glasses or a different brand of contacts, they won't let you wear contacts for flying until you are already through pilot training. All pilots go through the same medical screening. Glasses won't keep a person out of fighters as some people keep saying whenever someone asks this question.
2007-05-11 12:13:30 · answer #1 · answered by James 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Navy, the rule was you HAD to have 20/20 uncorrected vision thru the course of TRAINING !!
I was 20/10 both eyes until my 5th year in and went to 20/35, but was simply corrected with my glasses and continued to fly another 10 years. And yes, Jet-jocks could also wear glasses.
Lasik was ABSOLUTELY forbidden back then... due to questions about how the scar-tissue would behave during a rapid desent / pressure change.
2007-05-11 12:02:50 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the military you can't wear glasses you need 20/20 vision.
I am not sure about other pilots, like commercial pilots.
Brings up another question though, if the military got laser surgery would they be able to be a pilot??
2007-05-11 04:36:24 · answer #3 · answered by SDC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Approximately half the helicopter pilots in the Air Force wear glasses. At the moment, there are three full time options as an Air Force rotary wing pilot: Hueys, 60s, and Ospreys.
2016-05-20 04:36:35 · answer #4 · answered by anya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. I am an ophthalmologist and my husband is ex Air Force Flight Lt and he had 6/6 vision. But i suggest , check with recruiter
2007-05-11 03:36:13 · answer #5 · answered by uma 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20/25 correctable to 20/20. But don't plan on getting jets.
2007-05-11 04:06:43 · answer #6 · answered by NYC_me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you plan on flying - fighter pilots have to have 20/20 uncorrected vision, but you can probably fly transports/cargo planes.
2007-05-11 03:26:39 · answer #7 · answered by Joe M 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about the Air Force but i do know that naval avaiators are allowed to have less than perfect vision as long as they wear contacts... and to a certain degree of imperfect vision (i.e. you can't be "damn near blind")
2007-05-11 03:27:51 · answer #8 · answered by Ryan F 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no.
not even if you wear contacts.
2007-05-11 04:20:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so.
2007-05-11 03:26:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋