Prescribing Spectacles for Aviators: USAF Experience

Abstract

This special report was written for USAF vision specialists to use as a guide when prescribing spectacles for military aviators and to extend to the civilian sector the knowledge gained from the USAF experience. Visual correction in flyers presents some unique problems, especially for presbyopes. The demands of each individual aircraft environment need to be well understood. Ophthalmologists and optometrists must consider all pertinent aeromedical factors before prescribing spectacles for ametropic aviators.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA247794

Entities

People

  • John F. Kent
  • Robert E. Miller Ii
  • Robert P. Green Jr.

Organizations

  • Armstrong Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Asthenopia
  • Environment
  • Eye Diseases
  • Flight Crews
  • Instrument Panels
  • Lenses
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Ophthalmology
  • Oxygen Masks
  • Physicians
  • Specialists
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management