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.

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

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, ...

An airman who administered 600 of the Air Force’s new annual physical fitness test has a few tricks to help you pass as pain-free as possible.

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 ...