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

Airmen may soon run two miles rather than 1.5 under new fitness standards, and be tested twice per year, according to an ...

The Air Force will introduce an updated physical fitness test for airmen and Space Force Guardians starting July 1, the service said Wednesday. It will boast a new scoring system and, eventually ...

Airman 1st Class Sena Zohou, assigned to the 8th Communication Squadron, grimaces during the plank component portion of the Air Force’s physical fitness assessment beta test at Kunsan Air Base ...

New Air Force PT Test Will Have Walking Option for Some Troops, General Says. Airmen perform a diagnostic physical fitness test, June 15, 2021, ... according to the new scoring sheet. Previously, ...

The U.S. Air Force this week will announce changes to its physical fitness test and will no longer require candidates to run. A senior spokesperson for the Air Force confirmed to Fox News on ...

As it resumes its physical fitness testing July 1, the Air Force is introducing a new scoring system that eliminates the waist measurement and raises the maximum points for push-ups and sit-ups.

The U.S. Air Force may push back its set date for airmen to resume physical fitness tests as pandemic conditions continue. Spokeswoman Capt. Carrie Volpe told Military.com Thursday officials are ...

more. Predictions that one in four airmen would fail the new test didn't pan out; the Air Force reported a 90 percent pass rate by last July. This year, the pass rate is up to 93 percent and more ...

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 ...

The head of the Air Force's Total Force Service Center in Denver died on Saturday after conducting his physical fitness test the day before, according to the Air Force. Maj. Elgin "Rick" Ross, 47 ...

The Air Force is cutting the much-loathed waist measurement portion of its annual physical fitness tests for airmen and Space Force members, the service announced.The Air Force, which also said it … ...