Tape test

PT Checkup

By Oriana Pawlyk on May 2, 2014 Air Force, PT, Tape test, Waist measurement

Air Force Times wants to know: How’s the PT test going? How has the PT test changed for you since the instruction was updated in October? Is the new waist tape rule tougher than the old one? If you’ve failed the waist measurement, have you been referred to the BMI measurement? If you’ve also failed BMI, what’s the next step for you? What components of the PT test – situps, pushups, waist measurement, run – have been the most challenging for you? Sound off below or email Oriana Pawlyk at opawlyk@airforcetimes.com. Your comments may be used in an upcoming Air Force…

New tuition assistance rules — this week's Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on September 3, 2013 Afghanistan, Air Combat Command, Air Force, PT, Tape test, UCMJ, Uncategorized, Waist measurement

Starting Oct. 1, new rules will be in place for tuition assistance. In this week’s Air Force Times, we explain how they affect you. Also this week, a Predator and C-130s are helping with efforts to combat the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park. You can read how the aircraft are being used to fight the huge blaze. In somber news, the report into the April 5 fatal crash in Afghanistan has been completed and determined what caused Capt. James Steel’s F-16 to go down. Steel is son of retired Maj. Gen. Robert Steel, a former commandant of the National…

New tuition assistance rules — this week’s Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on September 3, 2013 Afghanistan, Air Combat Command, Air Force, PT, Tape test, UCMJ, Uncategorized, Waist measurement

Tape test alternative sparks more debate

By Oriana Pawlyk on August 29, 2013 Air Force, PT, Tape test, Waist measurement

Even with an alternate measurement for those who fail the waist measurement component of the physical fitness test, airmen are still sounding off. “They really gotta make it all difficult,” Rhonda J Garza said in a Facebook post. “Use science. We are not all built the same. [But it] doesn’t mean we are not healthy.” Starting Oct. 1, airmen who do not meet the waist measurement requirements but pass the pushup, situp and run components of the PT test will be measured using the Body Mass Index taping guidance outlined in Defense Department instructions. Airmen who pass the BMI standard…

New rules for the tape test — this week's Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on August 26, 2013 Air Combat Command, Air Force, Airframes, Leadership, PT, Tape test, Uncategorized, Waist measurement

Busting tape will no longer mean an automatic failure for airmen who pass the rest of the PT test, but if you think passing the Body Mass Index will be easier than passing the tape test, think again. In this week’s Air Force Times, we explain how BMI works and walk you through other changes to the PT test that will take effect on Oct. 1. In other news, the Air Force has made changes to the U-2 cabin after a study found U-2 pilots had more brain lesions than they should for their age and health. Read what causes…

New rules for the tape test — this week’s Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on August 26, 2013 Air Combat Command, Air Force, Airframes, Leadership, PT, Tape test, Uncategorized, Waist measurement

Max waist measurement shrinks for injured airmen — this week's Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on April 15, 2013 PT, Tape test, Waist measurement

If you get injured and can’t take the full PT test, you actually have to meet a smaller waist measurement than healthy airmen. Read how it’s harder for injured airmen to pass the tape test than it is for airmen who can complete the situp, pushup and 1.5-mile run portions of the test. In other hot topics: Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody says the money being used to bring tuition assistance back could have been used to keep two squadrons flying. Tuition assistance was restored on April 10, but the Air Force is still trying to…

Max waist measurement shrinks for injured airmen — this week’s Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on April 15, 2013 PT, Tape test, Waist measurement

Tape test horror stories — this week's Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on April 1, 2013 Air Force, Child death, Facial hair, PT, Tape test, Uncategorized, Waist measurement

Airmen can resort to drastic measures to meet the service’s waist measurement requirements because exceeding the limit by just half an inch can cause them to be reprimanded, demoted or even kicked out of the service. In this week’s Air Force Times, airmen tell their stories about what they’ve put themselves through to meet waist measurement requirements, including severely dehydrating themselves and slathering themselves in hemorrhoid cream. In other news: A tech. sergeant has been convicted for the death of his 7-week-old son, part of an alarming increase in the deaths of children under the care of airmen. Read what…

Tape test horror stories — this week’s Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on April 1, 2013 Air Force, Child death, Facial hair, PT, Tape test, Uncategorized, Waist measurement

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