(Staff Sgt. Dwane Young/Air Force) The Air Force said Monday it will officially use height-to-waist ratios to measure troops’ fitness starting this spring, solidifying its move away from the ...

Air Force officials hope the new waist-to-height ratio test will support similar goals. “The goal of the new program is to empower airmen to take charge of their health and fitness through ...

The Air Force and Space Force's new Body Composition Program, first reported by Military.com, will be implemented in April and use the waist-to-height ratio as a replacement for the old waist ...

with a 38-inch waist would just barely pass with a ratio of 0.54. The ratio aims to measure excess fat distribution in the abdominal region, the Air Force statement said. Instead of the top of the ...