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The other services run longer distances and allow more time for pushups and situps. Why didn the AF change these aspects of the test to be more in line with the other services?

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The other services run longer distances and allow more time for pushups and situps. Why didn the AF change these aspects of the test to be more in line with the other services?

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Air Force officials could have increased running distance to 2 or 3 miles, and changed the pushup and sit-up times to 2 minutes instead of 1 minute. However, all it would have accomplished was creation of a longer test. Consensus among fitness experts indicates that we can adequately gauge a member’s fitness with a 1 ½-mile run and 1 minute each of pushups and sit-ups.