The new fitness test is meant to simulate the taxing physical conditions that Explosive Ordnance Disposal airmen face.

The changes come after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered in a March memo that all combat arms positions "must be ...

The US Air Force will implement a new, gender-neutral and age-neutral physical fitness test for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel. Such a test has been in development for over a decade.

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This video walks through the physical fitness assessments used by the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Space Force. Each test varies—from deadlifts and ammo can carries to planks ...

Changes in how the Air Force tests for physical fitness appear to be increasingly likely. The changes may include a two-mile run and testing twice a year, a recent message from the Air Force’s ...

Airmen run during a physical fitness assessment at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on Oct. 29, 2024. A screenshot purporting to show upcoming changes to the Air Force fitness test program was ...

Air Force basic and technical trainees no longer have any alternative exercises available in the service’s fitness test, as only the three traditional events are now being used in the assessment ...