Are you aware of the TV Series that ran from 1995-2005 called "JAG," which is almost exactly the same as your premise? It was explained in the show opening that:
Following in his father's footsteps as a Naval aviator, Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rabb Jr. suffered a crash while landing his Tomcat on a storm-tossed carrier at sea. Diagnosed with night blindness, Harm transferred to the Navy's Judge Advocate General Corps, which investigates, defends and prosecutes the law of the sea. There, with fellow JAG lawyer Major Sarah MacKenzie, he now fights in and out of the courtroom with the same daring and tenacity that made him a top gun in the air.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAG_(TV_series)
By the way, I think it was in season 3 that he had laser surgery that cured his night blindness, and he got to fly Tomcats again. He deployed to Kosovo and won a DFC, but that only lasted a few episodes. He went back to JAG after that, but he kept his flight status current.