The Air Force has decided to ditch the “marginal” rating in its physical fitness test. Now, airmen will either pass or fail. And, the pass score has jumped to at least 75. Score below that and an airman has to retest within 90 days. Before anyone gets nervous, there’s a 66-year-old who recently scored 100 on the Air Force’s annual fitness test. Reader Comments
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, celebrated the beddown of its full complement of F-35s with a ceremony just weeks after the base received the last of its 54 fighters. The arrival of those F-35s in mid-April gave Eielson the Air Force’s second fully-equipped, combat-coded F-35 wing, comprising two fighter squadrons.…