[neverdem]

The lenses on those glasses look awful big!

I don't think that you can be rated as a military aviator if you require corrective lenses. Somebody correct me if qualifications have changed.

That wasn't the case during the Vietnam War, or I would have probably flown choppers. IIRC, an aviation recruiter gave us a pitch after we had a Huey familiarization flight during Infantry AIT.

When I was still in the Infantry, I checked the Air Force and Navy. Their qualifications would have restricted folks with corrective lenses who wanted to fly to the navigator/bombadier position in a two seater.

[mark502inf]

Yeah, these old boys sound wonderful--but at this point in time the only thing they should be flying is a desk!

[neverdem]

Can military aviators wear corrective lenses to the best of your knowledge of the Air Force?

[scoutgunner]

The answer to your corrective lenses question, is a resounding YES! An aviator can wear corrective lenses if his or her eyes are corrected to 20/20. I was a Scout Door Gunner and I wear now, and i wore during my two tours in Vietnam, corrective lenses. In fact, the Army calls them "Aviator's Glasses". Those Vietnam vet pilots in Iraq have more experience in flying combat than ANY of the new pilots. WE, the Vietnam Aviators, wrote the book on helicopter warfare. If you REALLY wanted to be a pilot during VN, AND your eyesight was correctable to 20/20, you could have been one. Of course you had to pass an aptitude test for Aviators, perhaps therein lies your problem.