Can you join Air Force with bad vision?

Poor vision typically will not limit your ability to serve in the U.S. Military, so long as your vision problem can be suitably corrected with eyeglasses, contact lenses or vision correction surgery.

Is eye surgery allowed in Air Force?

Indian Air Force Eye Sight PRK/LASIK surgery should not have been carried out before the age of 20 years. Radial Keratotomy (RK) surgery for correction of refractive errors is not permitted for any Air Force duties. Candidates having undergone cataract surgery with or without IOL implants will also be declared unfit.

Can you be a pilot in the Air Force with laser eye surgery?

Can air force pilots have LASIK? The air force website states that corrective surgery can disqualify applicants for certain roles; however, air force pilot LASIK has been permissible since 2007.

What happens to your eyesight when you become a pilot?

Once flight training begins, vision can deteriorate to no worse than 20/100 (correctable to 20/20) in each eye. After flight training graduation, if the eyesight deteriorates worse than 20/200 (must be correctable to 20/20), the pilot will require a waiver for carrier operations.

Can you become a US Air Force pilot with glasses?

When I was in, the answer to that is that you “absolutely cannot” become a USAF pilot wearing spectacles. Each candidate needed 20/20 uncorrected, with no Lasik. Over the years, if a qualified pilot later needed glasses, they were allowed to fly wearing glasses as long as their uncorrected vision was still good.

Can you become an Air Force aviator with LASIK surgery?

After years of study, the Air Force has decided to change their long-standing policy which disqualified applicants who have had LASIK surgery from flight training and navigator training. The change became effective on May 21, 2007. Prior to the change, officers who had had the surgery could not become Air Force aviators.

Can you join the air force if you have bad vision?

Yes – but forget getting in the Air Force Academy. TECHNICALLY, they have a “waiver” available for folks with bad vision – but the probability of getting such a waiver is in practice ZERO if you’re worse than about 20/50 and BLOODY UNLIKELY if you’re worse than 20/20.