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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 ...
Resolute Force Pacific is designed to evaluate the Air Force’s agile combat employment strategy, which emphasizes rapid ...
The changes come after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered in a March memo that all combat arms positions "must be ...
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 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.
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 ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s veto of an appropriation to incentivize the Air Force to build a cyber command complex at Port San Antonio was shortsighted.
Opinion: Opinion: Breaking the Air Force into four parts may seem radical, but it mirrors the kind of organizational clarity Hegseth has called for across DOD.
The Department of Homeland Security is warning of a “heightened threat environment” nationwide because of the recent events in the Middle East.
Ahead of the National Cherry Festival air show this weekend, two Air Force fighter pilot teams landed at the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City on Thursday. Among the arrivals was the F-22 ...
The Tampa Bay Area has a huge military community with MacDill Air Force Base in South Tampa. That is also the headquarters of CENTCOM which is responsible for operations in the Middle East.
The US Air Force successfully conducted Operation Midnight Hammer, demonstrating its reach and precision, but the operation’s success highlights the need for increased funding for Air Force m… ...