The Air Force said Monday it will officially use height-to-waist ratios to measure troops’ fitness starting this spring, solidifying its move away from the dreaded abdominal “tape test.” The ...

The waist-to-height ratio is the heart of the new Body Composition Program, the replacement for the abdominal circumference measurement, also known as the tape test, which was removed from the Air ...

The service on Monday announced a new requirement for waist-to-height ratios that calculate body composition independent of the annual fitness fitness test requirement. (Cassie Morlock/U.S. Air Force) ...

Airmen and guardians who exceed the Air Force’s new waist-to-height ratio cutoff on annual physical fitness tests now have until at least the fall to comply before they can be punished. The Air ...

The Air Force and Space Force 's new Body Composition Program, first reported by Military.com, will be implemented in April and use the waist-to-height ratio as a replacement for the old waist ...

Of the 1,277,826 airmen who have taken the physical fitness test since October 2010, a total of 30,174 have failed the waist-measurement component, according to Air Force figures.

The Air Force used only a 1.5-mile run as its annual test through the 1980s, according to a RAND study of Air Force fitness requirements published in 2021.

The Air Force expects its new increased body fat limits to allow 50 to 100 more recruits to join the service per month, though Brown added that estimate is based partially on anecdotal evidence.