Does laser eye surgery disqualify you from being a military pilot?

I have done some reading about some pilot programs in a few of the military branches. I came across something interesting that stated: If you have had laser eye surgery in the past, you are disqualified from becoming a pilot. Is this true? My next question is, if it is in fact true, why would that disqualify you? Laser eye surgery can correct your vision back to 20 / 20 and that's what pilots are suppose to have correct? So wheres the logic in that?

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I heard similar to the same thing, that in order to be a pilot you needed to have 20 / 20 vision, and not laser eye surgery. Yet i also heard form someone in the military that you can as long as you have lasik, and keep having it as it begins to decrease and get worse. I am not sure though, someone answer this question! lol
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Army Rotary Wing The Army has very few fixed - wing aircraft. The vast majority of Army pilots are helicopter pilots. Army Aviators must p a Flight Cl I Flying Physical. To enter Army Helicopter Flight Training, as either a commissioned officer or warrant officer, the applicant can have vision no worse than 20 / 50 correctable to 20 / 20 in each eye. After flight training, pilots can remain on flight status as long as their vision does not deteriorate beyond 20 / 400 correctable to 20 / 20. Normal depth perception and normal color vision is required. Like the other branches, it is possible to apply for Army Flight Training and / or remain on flying status with laser eye surgery, if one is accepted into the Army's Aviator Laser Eye Surgery Study Program. Air Force To enter flight training, a candidate must p a Flight Cl I Flying Physical. To become a pilot, that means the candidates vision can be no worse than 20 / 70 correctable with gl es to 20 / 20 in each eye. To enter Navigator Training, the candidate can have vision no worse than 20 / 200 in each eye also must be correctable to 20 / 20. After flight school, the standards relax a little. Pilots and Navigators who have already graduated flight training, can remain fliers as long as their vision doesn't deteriorate beyond 20 / 400 in each eye correctable to 20 / 20. Normal depth perception and color vision is required. Effective May 21, 2007, applicants who have had LASIK eye surgery are no longer automatically disqualified from flight training. See related article. Navy and Marine Corps The Navy and the Marine Corps use the same standards The Marines do not have their own medical department. They use the Navy for all medical procedures and standards. Navy Pilots must p a Cl 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. After flight training graduation, if the eyesite deteriorates worse than 20 / 200 must be correctable to 20 / 20, the pilot will require a waiver for carrier operations. If the vision deteriorates past 20 / 400 correctable to 20 / 20, the pilot is restricted to aircraft with dual controls ie, aircraft with co - pilots. For Navigators called "NFOs" or "Navy Flight Officers", there is no vision requirement to enter flight training. However, the Navigator's vision must be correctable to 20 / 20 and there are limits on refraction. Refraction must be less than or equal to plus or minus 8. 00 sphere in any meridian and less than or equal to minus 3. 00 cylinder. No more than 3. 50 anisometropia. After flight training, to continue on flight status there is no limit on refraction for NFOs. No waivers are authorized for NFO applicants who exceed these refraction limits. Normal color vision is required for both NFOs and pilots. Normal depth perception is required for pilots and pilot applicants. The Navy allows laser eye survery, both for current pilots and NFOs, and for pilot / NFO applicants, if they apply for, and are accepted to participate in the Navy's on - going study about laser eye surgery for aviators. Hope this helps

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