By RICK NATHANSON | Albuquerque Journal, N.M. | Published: December 16, 2020 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Tribune News Service) — Laser eye surgery was the game changer that allowed Durwood Jones, known to family and friends as Rocky, to renew his childhood interest in aviation and become a pilot in the military. Trading in his indoor work environment as a computer programmer and licensed trader with the Chicago Board of Trade, he took the more adventurous route of becoming a fighter jet pilot with the Wisconsin Air National Guard — inspired by his younger brother, Maj. Robert Jones, who pilots fighter jets with the Oregon Air National Guard.