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I am getting ready to enlist in the USAFR as a loadmaster on c-17s @ Charleston SC. I plan going back to college once all my training is up, and doing AFROTC while I go to drill on the weekends. I would like to be a pilot but have one problem; I have 20/300 vision. Any idea if the AF will ever allow people with laser eye surgery become pilots? I know the Navy will waive it if it is PRK surgery.
Thanks, Jason
Hi Jason,
There is no way I can guess what the Air Force may, or may not decide to do in the future.
Currently, the Air Force will allow *current* pilots to have laser eye surgery (under their currently "test program"), but will not allow applicants to *enter* flight training if they've had this surgery.
Will this ever change? Who knows. Probably depends on the result of the "test program." How long will the Air Force decide to study it, before making a decision? Again, who knows? I certainly don't.
Rod Powers
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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