Air Force getting Fit to Fight

Air Force getting Fit to Fight

(EXCERPT) , By Fred Zimmerman, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition,
Saturday, January 10, 2004

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — Kadena’s 18th Wing airmen — and the wing’s
commander — sweated through push-ups, crunches and a 1.5-mile run
Thursday as they completed their first Fit to Fight physical fitness
test.

Fit to Fight replaced the Air Force’s cycle ergometry test.

“We need to be physically fit to fight alongside the other services,”
said Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Remington, 18th Wing Commander. “I think
everyone was waiting for this … ready for this.”

Air Force members also are measured at the waist for a s...

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