Air Force Fitness Program. Case Studies on the Impact on Aircraft Maintenance

Abstract

This paper reviews two case studies as examples to successfully implement the mandatory Air Force Physical Fitness Program (AFPT) in a 24-hour operational unit. The paper acknowledges the evolution and the forward strides the Air Force (AF) has made to provide a program allowing airman on-duty time to become "fit to fight." However, AF squadrons appear to be focused on "fit to test" versus providing airman opportunities to change their lifestyles. This focus is evident in the non-compliance with the program within combat-coded aircraft maintenance squadrons. These squadrons are faced with the real world challenge of balancing the AFPT program within the confines of 24-hour operational flying requirements already supported with 12-hour daily shifts. The operational requirements, reduced manning, and four to six month Air Expeditionary Forces (AEF) rotations forces most maintenance squadrons to put less emphasis on enforcing the AFPT requirements of 90 minutes, three days a week for fitness training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA539308

Entities

People

  • Lori A. Minnick

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Army Personnel
  • Case Studies
  • Combat Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Maintenance
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Physical Fitness
  • Training
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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