The Army physical fitness program has two factors: the weigh-in and the physical fitness test, or PFT.

Airmen may soon run two miles rather than 1.5 under new fitness standards, and be tested twice per year, according to an internal memo.

U.S. Army rolls out ‘sex-neutral’ fitness test for some combat jobs Female soldiers serving in combat-related roles must meet the same physical standards as their male counterparts in events ...

The Army is moving forward with its long-awaited Army Combat Fitness Test this year, but the service has officially dropped the test’s attempt to set a gender- and age-neutral physical fitness ...

The current Army Physical Fitness Test will remain the test of record until October 2020, when the entire service begins taking the new ACFT. The chart shows the minimum scores soldiers in the ...

As it resumes its physical fitness testing July 1, the Air Force is introducing a new scoring system that eliminates the waist measurement and raises the maximum points for push-ups and sit-ups.

When Army leaders set out to update the decades-old physical-fitness test, senior leaders sought, in part, to create a new test that would judge all soldiers against a single standard. But during ...

Remember the one-mile run and pull-ups from the Presidential Physical Fitness Test? Schoolchildren today have never experienced it.

The new Army Fitness Test comes after Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, ordered the elimination of lower fitness standards for women in combat roles.

An airman who administered 600 of the Air Force’s new annual physical fitness test has a few tricks to help you pass as pain-free as possible.

Soldiers will once again have to get familiar with a different physical fitness test, as the Army moves toward a renamed one that drops an event and alters scoring standards, the service announced ...

The new Army Fitness Test represents a significant evolution in how the U.S. military prepares its troops for the physical demands of modern warfare.