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.

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the F-35A Lightning II Demo Team performs at the Great Tennessee Air Show in Smyrna, Tennessee, on June 7. (Staff Sgt. Zachary Rufus/U.S. Air Force ...

The Air Force requests Congress spend $209.6 billion — a 13.5% increase from fiscal 2025, which ends Sept. 30.

Air Force airmen and Space Force guardians stand in formation at an activation ceremony at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., on June 18, 2025. (U.S. Space Force ) ...