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From: gjuy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Andrew D. Williams)
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Subject: RE: FIGHTER PILOTS LACKING 20/20.
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From: gjuy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Andrew D. Williams)
Michael P. Colalillo writes:
> stuff deleted...
> Lehigh University, competing for a pilot slot.  As far as I know,
> All pilots (fighter to transport) must have 20/20 vision.  There
> may be some regulation about what a pilots vision is allowed to
> drop to after he is in and been trained.  They're not taking in
> pilots with less than perfect vision.
Hi,
The Air Force regulations for selecting pilots state that the
candidate must have 20/20.  For me it worked this way.  I was
selected as a pilot during my Junior Fall Semester.  It turns
out that the physical they used was from my Senior Spring of
High School.  When I got to LATR (Light Aircraft Training
ROTC,) where they look to screen candidates based on flying
skills, my vision was 20/40 (Left) and 20/50 (Right.)  That
posed no problem.
Later,

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