Airmen will be required to complete two physical fitness tests per year. In at least one, they must complete a 2-mile run.

Beginning Jan. 1, the Air Force will pause all physical fitness testing to facilitate the updated program. Tests begin March ...

The U.S. Air Force launched a new “Culture of Fitness” initiative, altering the current physical fitness assessments by ...

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 ...

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 top non ...

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,” ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military will impose the “highest” male standards for all combat roles during a ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced he would impose the “highest” male standards for all combat roles in the U.S. military during his Tuesday morning speech to hundreds of generals and ...

After summoning senior officers from around the world, the Defense secretary invites them to resign if they don’t agree with ...

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 ...

Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal, or EOD, technicians will take a new gender- and age-neutral fitness test starting next month, the service has announced, with a medicine ball toss, a powerlift ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the military to end separate fitness standards for women in combat roles, a move he said will make the military more lethal, but that women servicemembers and ...