ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga., Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news release:

There have been many new changes to the Air Force Fitness program that vary from run distance to testing time frames. Testing officially resumed on July 1 with many changes. More information on the Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Program can be found in Air Force Manual 36-2905.

Fitness to Readiness "We have migrated from a physical fitness assessment to a physical fitness readiness assessment," said John Mikula, fitness and health promotion program manager for Air Force Reserve Command. "It sounds kind of small, but this whole shift is geared towards promoting a couple of things. The first one is Lethality and optimization of...