It's true…

It appears that even F-35 fighter pilots know what the top fish species are.

Check out the pilots name under the cockpit window.

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Other possibilities-

Full Definition of WALLEYE

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a : an eye with a whitish or bluish-white iris
b : an eye with an opaque white cornea
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a : strabismus in which the eye turns outward away from the nose
b : an eye affected with strabismus of this type

3 : a large vigorous North American freshwater food and sport fish (Stizostedion vitreum) that has large opaque eyes and is related to the perches but resembles the true pike —called also walleyed pike

Yes, you are correct. He could also have the same issues Jon Cryer had in Hot Shots.

Jim ‘Wash Out’ Pfaffenbach: I just got kicked out of the unit. My flight status has been withdrawn. I’m through, Dead Meat!

Pete ‘Dead Meat’ Thompson: What happened?

Jim ‘Wash Out’ Pfaffenbach: It’s my eyes. I’ve got walleye-vision.

Pete ‘Dead Meat’ Thompson: Isn’t there something that can be done?

Jim ‘Wash Out’ Pfaffenbach: Well, there’s a delicate corneal inversion procedure… a multi-opti-pupil-optomy.