To qualify for their jobs, EOD troops undergo one of the most rigorous training pipelines in the Air Force, but have long been held only to Air Force-wide physical fitness standards, which are less difficult and account for gender. A July 11 Air Force news release announced that the EOD community had been added to the list of combat arms fields that require “special sex- and age-neutral fitness standards.” As of Monday, the Air Force was working to fix an error with the link to the news release. “While EOD operations have always met overall combat arms standards and placed inherently high physical demands on EOD technicians — a fact underscored by the Global War on Terror — EOD airmen were historically held to the same physical fitness standards as the rest of the Air Force,” Falls said.
Author: Jeff Schogol
Published at: 2025-07-14 20:57:03
Still want to read the full version? Full article
