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Old 26th Aug 2003, 16:27
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MajorMadMax
 
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Willbav8r

You're right...

The Air Force has lowered their vision requirements to 20/70 with no near sightedness or laser correction.
I was surprised to see laser surgery is not accepted, especially as so may aircrew are having PRK done, but I checked AFI 48-123 atch 7 and found:

"History of radial keratotomy (RK) or any other surgical or laser procedure, such as photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) accomplished to modify the refractive power of the cornea or for any other reason, such as phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK), are not waiverable."

Learn something new every day...

Thanks! M2
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