Those standards are for after your corrective surgery. Also, at this time, lasik is not an option for hopeful pilots. The procedure that the Air Force performs is PRK (photorefractive keratectomy). Lasik surgery involves using the laser to cut a flap in the cornea to correct the vision. PRK uses short blasts from the laser to shear off the tissue on the outside of the cornea to reshape it. The recovery time is longer and more involved.
I am not sure of the process for getting PRK done via AFROTC, but I know that at USAFA the cadets getting PRK this year have been being screened and tested for the last two years. The selection process for PRK is competitive. The number being approved for the surgery has dropped this year, also. In the class of 2011 only 35 cadets got the surgery during the first week of August. There will be a second group getting it immediately after the return from Holiday break in January, but it will be a much smaller number.
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