March 4, 2021 PT test pushed to July, updates to scoring, physical components ahead When assessments resume, the three-component fitness test (1.5 mile run, 1 minute of pushups and situps) will be reset with scores calculated on a new three component scoring table. In addition, work is underway to separate scoring into five-year age groups as opposed to the previous ten – for
Sept. 16, 2020 Brown and Bass discuss PT tests, empowering Airmen and leading during pandemic In addition to the discussion of fitness and testing, the session also touched on issues ranging from the force’s resilience and mental health, to how the Air Force will cope with budget uncertainty this fall and winter, diversity, and how to reshape the service to confront peer adversaries, among
Aug. 17, 2020 CMSgt. Bass installed as 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Chief Master Sgt. JoAnne S. Bass formally took the reins Aug. 14 as the Air Force’s 19th Chief Master Sergeant, while also becoming the first woman and the first person of Asian American descent to be elevated to the service’s highest-ranking enlisted officer.