Beginning in August, those in EOD roles will no longer be required to complete the standard 1.5-mile run, push-ups and sit-ups that have been cornerstones of Air Force fitness evaluations for decades.

The Air Force used only a 1.5-mile run as its annual test through the 1980s, according to a RAND study of Air Force fitness requirements published in 2021.

All Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal, or EOD, troops will be held to a new, four-event physical fitness test in August with gender-neutral scoring.

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 ...

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 ...

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.