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re: How hard is it to be a fighter pilot?

Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:15 pm to
Posted by choupiquesushi
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Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:15 pm to
2020 vision to start

Top 10% of military flight school

There are more pro baseball players than there are fighter pilots in the us
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 5/4/19 at 12:28 pm to
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Top 10% of military flight school

There are more pro baseball players than there are fighter pilots in the us
And I’d say those pro baseball players could handle being a fighter pilot

The other way around, not so much
This post was edited on 5/4/19 at 12:29 pm
Posted by EA6B
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Posted on 5/4/19 at 6:16 pm to
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2020 vision to start



No longer required, you can wear corrective lenses as long as vision is correctable to 20/20. The Navy allows LASIK, the Air Force does not.

"Candidates who pass the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test go to a Military Entrance Processing Station for health screening. Pilots need normal color vision, and they must meet eyesight refraction and astigmatism requirements. Distant vision must be at least 20/70 uncorrected, and near vision must be 20/30 uncorrected, but both distant and near vision must be corrected to 20/20."


"Navy Pilots must pass a Class I Flying Physical. To become a pilot in the Navy or Marine Corps, an applicant's uncorrected vision can be no worse than 20/40 (correctable to 20/20) in each eye. Once flight training begins, vision can deteriorate to no worse than 20/100 (correctable to 20/20) in each eye.Jan 8, 2019"
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