Air Force Master Sgt. Caige Chapman, 81st Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, independent duty medical technician, participates in memorial push ups during Warrior Day on Keesler Air Force Base, ...

Get ready to go that extra 2,640 feet. After months of rumors, the Air Force confirmed on Wednesday that a new service-wide physical fitness test will include a 2-mile timed run. The service also said ...

The U.S. Air Force is introducing a two-mile run and physical fitness assessments every six months in an updating of its fitness test. The Air Force publicized changes to its Physical Fitness ...

We put ourselves through the US Air Force physical fitness test to see if we could meet the standards under pressure. Starting with one-minute push-ups and sit-ups, we quickly learned that pacing and ...

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 for ...

An Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician dons a bomb suit. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal, or EOD, technicians will take a new gender- and age-neutral fitness test starting next ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is making physical fitness assessments biannual for all airmen and introducing a 2-mile run as part of the service’s fitness initiative in the new year, the Air Force ...

The Air Force has launched an investigation into the Aug. 4 death of an airman in California during a physical training assessment. Airman 1st Class Syamukonka Moonga was conducting a PT test, which ...

The Air Force is likely to up its fitness standards, including the addition of a 2-mile run and twice-yearly testing, Air Force officials confirmed to Task & Purpose. “Yes, PT changes are coming,” ...