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Air Force changes body fat percentage requirements amid pilot shortage
msn ^ | 04/08/2023

Posted on 04/08/2023 7:00:05 AM PDT by devane617

The Air Force is reportedly loosening its body composition requirements and allowing recruits to have higher percentages of body fat.

"The Air Force is looking to open the aperture on qualifying a broader pool of young Americans for service in the Air Force. These changes bring the Air Force in line with DOD policy," Air Force Recruiting Service spokeswoman Leslie Brown said in a statement.

"While recruits will be allowed to join with greater body fat percentages, they will still be expected to meet the same fitness standards as everyone else to stay in the service," she added. "That means meeting the waist-to-height ratio requirement the Air Force announced in January and implemented this month."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bodyfat; fat; military; usaf
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I live next door to a large AFB and the airmen stationed there are already portly.
1 posted on 04/08/2023 7:00:05 AM PDT by devane617
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Fat and vaxed is no way to go through life.


2 posted on 04/08/2023 7:02:51 AM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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It’s my understanding that fighter pilots need to be able to withstand serious G forces...and that that requires one to be in good shape.


3 posted on 04/08/2023 7:05:09 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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"That means meeting the waist-to-height ratio requirement the Air Force announced in January and implemented this month."

I thought that would be set at 1.0, but I found out it’s 0.55.

4 posted on 04/08/2023 7:05:38 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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I remember a few FAT airmen back in 1966-1970. One was so fat we bet he had to pay someone to take his 5-BX training exercises for him.

I still have my 5-BX booklet. No way I can do the exercises today. I have found that a little extra fat pads the nerves in my back aleving me of severe pains in my old age.


5 posted on 04/08/2023 7:05:47 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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6 posted on 04/08/2023 7:06:34 AM PDT by scan_complete
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7 posted on 04/08/2023 7:07:16 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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I do not recommend any patriot join the military.


8 posted on 04/08/2023 7:09:01 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: devane617

Fat Albert joins the Air Force.


9 posted on 04/08/2023 7:10:14 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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Will billion-dollars fighter jets have to scrapped and then redesigned to accommodate heavier pilots?


10 posted on 04/08/2023 7:17:26 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (What did Socialists use before Candles?..... Electricity)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Lol


11 posted on 04/08/2023 7:17:56 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: Larry Lucido

WAPS-70’s. 50% of NCO’s of the security police got promoted to Staff while other specialties got only 5%. No one wanted to be in security. Now buck Sargents are called senior airmen. Now master Sargents have 3 stripes on the upper half of their insignia patches.

As a buck sergeant I had a ‘bad attitude’ just like the rest of them. ‘Lifers’ had a problem with us being called non commissioned officers. No one became an NCO until their 4 years were just about up. 15% could bypass the senior airman title by kissing butt and kicking ass on the others. All designed to put us down and instigate resentment amongst the troops. At that time Viet Nam was just over and the force was being downsized. That’s when I got out. Smart.


12 posted on 04/08/2023 7:23:09 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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We had a guy that was totally unqualified to be in the AF. This was during Viet Nam. He was like the guy Lenny killed in ‘Of Mice and Men’. The program was to let them in for 2 years and hope they ‘qualified’ like the rest. Couldn’t pass the WAPS test. First Sargent had to get him to take a bath. Don’t know what happened to him.

A few officers were victims of Reduction in Force(RIFFED). Became enlisted. Then there was the Officer Evaluations-(OER). Try working under someone who is on a power trip or doesn’t like you. Some of the most bitter guys were career airmen. Those that liked it were vegetables.


13 posted on 04/08/2023 7:31:13 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Gay State Conservative

They aren’t recruiting them to come back alive. They are recruiting them as pawns to take out Putin. Regime change must happen because those natural resources and slave labor are required to go green.
The Gaystoppo should be first in defense. Obama told us they were smarter.


14 posted on 04/08/2023 7:39:18 AM PDT by momincombatboots (BQEphesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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It’s my understanding that fighter pilots need to be able to withstand serious G forces...and that that requires one to be in good shape.

That is all true. Pull 4 to 6 Gs in ACM for several minutes and you will sweat like a pig and lose 4 pounds from the exertion. Tensing up the legs and abdominals is a real workout.

Interestingly, flight physiologists have found that women and people with high blood pressure handle G's better than the stereotypical fit pilot.

That must be the reason that the military flight demo teams have more women pilots now...Right??

15 posted on 04/08/2023 7:40:32 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: Bon of Babble
I watched a lecture recently by the Admiral who oversaw the design and construction of the USS Gerald Ford, and one thing that stood out for me was a statement he made, with complete confidence and conviction (by the tone in his voice) stated as fact, that the F35 was the last manned fighter the US Navy was going to acquire.

He said "I think" but the matter of factness portrayed more than "I think", IMO.

He said it as if he had been privy to high level decisions, which I am sure he had been. The link below takes you right to that part:

Shifley Lecture: USS Ford Class Carrier Design)

16 posted on 04/08/2023 7:49:59 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." J)
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Diversity is really all that matters.


17 posted on 04/08/2023 7:50:45 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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18 posted on 04/08/2023 7:51:10 AM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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RED 6 - PORKINS!!


19 posted on 04/08/2023 7:52:35 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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...open the aperture...

I want to scream when I hear this overused USAF buzzword.

20 posted on 04/08/2023 7:55:46 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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