Keeping Airmen fit to fight

Senior Airman Nathan Zick, 2nd Logistics Readiness Squadron Fitness Assessment cell member, registers Airmen before their fitness assessment at the Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell Fitness Center on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 11, 2016. The Air Force uses an overall composite fitness score and minimum scores per component based on aerobic fitness, body composition and muscular fitness components to determine an overall fitness score. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Alexis C. Schultz

Keeping Airmen fit to fight

Airmen begin the push-up portion of their fitness assessment at the Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell Fitness Center on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 11, 2016. The Air Force uses an overall composite fitness score and minimum scores per component based on aerobic fitness, body composition and muscular fitness components to determine an overall fitness score. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Alexis C. Schultz)

Keeping Airmen fit to fight

Airmen begin the 1.5-mile run during their fitness assessment at the Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell Fitness Center on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 11, 2016. The running component of the test is worth the most points out of the testable phases of the assessment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Alexis C. Schultz)

Keeping Airmen fit to fight

Fitness Assessment center member, augments the running portion of the fitness assessment at the Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell Fitness Center on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 11, 2016. The Air Force requires an annual or semi-annual fitness assessment requiring a passing score in a 1.5-mile run, push-ups and sit-ups. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Alexis C. Schultz)

Keeping Airmen fit to fight

Published Oct. 12, 2016
By Airman Alexis C. Schultz
2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. --