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,” ...

The Air Force’s new F-15EX Eagle II conducted its first successful missile launch from the two new weapons stations that are part of the aircraft’s significant upgrades during a recent flight over the ...

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 ...

The U.S. Air Force is implementing significant changes to the way explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) personnel are tested for fitness. Beginning in August, those in EOD roles will no longer be required ...

Airmen conduct preflight checks on a B-52H Stratofortress bomber at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in 2020 before a flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon. (Giancarlo ...

Air Force Senior Airman Jewel Favreau, assigned to the 97th Security Forces Squadron, fills out a promotion testing form on May 20, 2020, at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (Tech. Sgt. Kenneth W.

The inert SiAW missile was released from an F-16C over the Gulf of Mexico in early November, well before its delivery was announced. The U.S. Air Force has just announced that last month, on Nov. 7, ...

Airmen conduct pre-flight checks on a B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, California, in 2020 before a flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched ...

Enlisted airmen, rejoice: You may be able to take your promotion test on a computer this year. The Air Force’s top enlisted leader, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass, told Air Force ...

The Air Force used a Guam-based B-52H Stratofortress bomber to test a hypersonic missile it had relegated to prototype status. The AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, was fired ...

The final test example of Boeing’s new T-7A Red Hawk trainer jet has completed its first flight with a US Air Force (USAF) pilot. Test pilot Lieutenant Colonel Shay Brantigan took the controls of the ...

The pool of companies will compete for task orders to provide computer-controlled diagnostic equipment to test military aircraft and weapons systems. Thirty-three companies won spots on a $980 million ...