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Some airmen struggle with new fitness tests, By Charlie Coon, Stars and Stripes
Some airmen struggle with new fitness tests, By Charlie Coon, Stars
and Stripes (EXCERPT) European edition, Sunday, April 11, 2004 AVIAN AIR BASE, Italy — Nearly 30 percent of Europe’s airmen who took the new Air Force fitness test in January and February scored either “poor” or “marginal.” According to U.S. Air Forces in Europe, 968 out of 5,704 airmen who took the test of push-ups, sit-ups, waist measurement and 1.5-mile run scored “poor” by the Air Force standard, while another 708 barely passed. The new test bases 50 percent of airmen’s scores on their run time and 30 percent on their waist size. The sit-ups and push-ups count 10 percent each. The test replaced one that measured airmen’s heart and breathing rates while they rode a stationery cycle. “It’s definitely more challenging, for sure, than the bike test,”... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 11 Apr 2004, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=21537 --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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