Editing Eyepatch (section)

==Use by aircraft pilots==
[[Aircraft pilot]]s used an eye patch, or close one eye to preserve night vision when there was disparity in the light intensity within or outside their aircraft, such as when flying at night over brightly lit cities, so that one eye could look out, and the other would be adjusted for the dim lighting of the cockpit to read unlit instruments and maps.<ref>Roy Brocklebank (2005). ''WORLD WAR III – The 1960s Version. Journal of Navigation'', 58, pp 341-347 {{doi|10.1017/S0373463305003413}}</ref>  Some military pilots have worn a lead-lined or gold-lined eyepatch, to protect against blindness in both eyes, in the event of a [[Effects of nuclear explosions|nuclear blast]] or [[Laser applications#Eye-targeted lasers|laser weapon]] attack.<ref>[http://www.flightgear.dk/flash.htm Nuclear flash eye protection, Steen Hartov]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lesfrazier.com/labs.htm |title=Les Frazier |access-date=2008-07-24 |archive-date=2010-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101114407/http://www.lesfrazier.com/labs.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hotmedicalnews.com/laser_weapons.php |title=Laser Weapons |access-date=2008-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915164458/http://hotmedicalnews.com/laser_weapons.php |archive-date=2008-09-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Eyepatches are not currently used by military personnel; modern technology has provided an array of other means to preserve and enhance night vision, including red-light and low-level white lights, and [[night vision device]]s.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA156271&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101126090239/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA156271&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 26, 2010 | title = IMMEDIATE VISIBILITY AFTER RED AND WHITE ADAPTATION | access-date = 2011-06-01 | last = Luria | first = S. M. |author2=D. A. Kobus | date = 26 April 1985 | work = Naval Submarine Research Laboratory | publisher = [[United States Department of the Navy|Department of the Navy]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://libraries.ircgov.com/genealogy/pdf/vbnas.pdf | title = A Guide to the U. S. Naval Air Station at Vero Beach | access-date = 2011-06-01 |date = July 1999| publisher = Indian River County Main Library}}</ref><ref name="NVD">{{cite web | url = http://www.nvl.army.mil/ | title = We Own The Night | access-date = 2011-06-01 | publisher = Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110517135236/http://www.nvl.army.mil/ | archive-date = 2011-05-17 }}</ref>