Lenny1107

Future Pilots, Check out this website. Its awesome!!! It is the information I wish I had when I was transitioning form Active Duty and switching services to the ANG/Reserves. It's the most interactive website I have ever seen. At least in my experience, half the battle is trying to find who in fact is hiring and how to get a hold of them. Once you figure that out, then starts the process how do I do this. I seriously wish I had this when I was transitioning. Not only does it cover the UPT information. But its just great information for those looking to transition between services and or aircraft. Transitioning services is not easy. Every time I tracked down one person with one piece of information, I had to find someone else that knew the rest of the process to help me. This website is one stop shopping to all of it. I signed up, I'm a member and it will benefit many.

I appreciate the information. I wonder if its even something LASIK could fix before I even transition, if its going to even be an issue. This stems from rumors about a new regulation that is apparently coming down from NGB that anyone coming into the AF, even from sister services, to fly even as rated pilots must go to Wright-Patterson for a flight physical. One would think that the DOD would be standard across the board with regards to aviation. Flying a fighter jet should be the same medical standard in any service.

I currently fly fighters in the Marine Corps. I have been offered a job flying fighters in the ANG. My vision is 20/20 both eyes. My recent manifest distance without drops is OD: +1.25 -0.50 OS: +1.00 -0.75 However with Cycloplegic drops it is OD: +3.25 -0.50 OS: +3.00 -0.50 with an Astigmatism of REGULAR. I am obviously in limits with out the eye drops but with the eye drops I BELEIVE I am out of limitations for AF standards. My question is if I transition to the ANG, since I am going from a fighter jet to another fighter jet which type of flight physical will I need, a FCI or a FCII? My second question is, which category (i.e. Myopia, Hyperopia, or Astigmatism) am I actually out of limits on and is it waiverable or am I going to DQ? I have been told that our medical paperwork from the Navy/Marine Corps will no longer transfer over anymore and that all pilots coming to the AF must go to WRIGHT-PATT for a full up medical evaluation. Nothing would be worse then to give up 10 years of flying TAC AIR just to DQ an AF flight physical.