Scored on: 2026 charts with the 2 mile run and HAMR, not the retired 1.5 mile test. Rules checked 12 November 2026.

Air Force PT test standards by age group and sex

On the Air Force 2 mile run, a man under 25 earns 50 cardio points at 13:25 or faster. His minimum is 19:45 for 35 points. A woman under 25 earns 50 at 15:30 or faster and 35 at 25:23. Minimums alone cannot reach the pass mark of 75.

Air Force PT standards by age group

Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, cardiorespiratory, ages under 25, men
Points	2 mile run	20 meter HAMR, shuttles
50.0	≤ 13:25	≥ 87
49.5	13:44	84
49.0	14:03	81
48.0	14:22	78
47.0	14:41	75
46.0	15:00	72
45.0	15:19	70
44.0	15:38	67
43.0	15:57	65
42.0	16:16	63
41.0	16:35	60
40.0	16:54	58
39.0	17:13	56
38.5	17:32	54
38.0	17:51	52
37.5	18:10	51
37.0	18:29	49
36.5	18:48	47
36.0	19:07	46
35.5	19:36	44
35.0	19:45*	42*

The shaded row is the lowest row on the chart. The chart marks it with an asterisk and prints no key for it. The score a result earns is worked out in the Air Force PT calculator.

Top row and lowest row for every age group

Men

Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, men: cardiorespiratory, top row and lowest row
Age group	2 mile run		20 meter HAMR, shuttles
Age group	Top, 50.0 points	Lowest, 35.0 points	Top, 50.0 points	Lowest, 35.0 points
Under 25	≤ 13:25	19:45*	≥ 87	42*
25 to 29	≤ 13:35	19:55*	≥ 85	42*
30 to 34	≤ 13:42	20:44*	≥ 84	38*
35 to 39	≤ 13:56	21:16*	≥ 82	36*
40 to 44	≤ 14:05	22:04*	≥ 81	32*
45 to 49	≤ 14:30	22:27*	≥ 77	31*
50 to 54	≤ 15:09	22:50*	≥ 71	30*
55 to 59	≤ 15:28	23:36*	≥ 69	27*
60 and over	≤ 16:58	24:00*	≥ 65	26*

Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, men: muscular strength, top row and lowest row
Age group	Push-ups, 1 minute		Hand release push-ups, 2 minutes
Age group	Top, 15.0 points	Lowest, 2.5 points	Top, 15.0 points	Lowest, 2.5 points
Under 25	≥ 67	30*	≥ 52	27*
25 to 29	≥ 63	28*	≥ 50	25*
30 to 34	≥ 60	26*	≥ 48	23*
35 to 39	≥ 56	23*	≥ 46	21*
40 to 44	≥ 52	21*	≥ 44	19*
45 to 49	≥ 49	19*	≥ 42	17*
50 to 54	≥ 45	17*	≥ 40	15*
55 to 59	≥ 42	14*	≥ 38	13*
60 and over	≥ 38	12*	≥ 36	11*

Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, men: core endurance, sit-ups and cross-leg reverse crunch, top row and lowest row
Age group	Sit-ups, 1 minute		Cross-leg reverse crunch, 2 minutes
Age group	Top, 15.0 points	Lowest, 2.5 points	Top, 15.0 points	Lowest, 2.5 points
Under 25	≥ 58	33*	≥ 60	35*
25 to 29	≥ 56	31*	≥ 58	33*
30 to 34	≥ 54	29*	≥ 56	31*
35 to 39	≥ 52	27*	≥ 54	29*
40 to 44	≥ 50	25*	≥ 52	27*
45 to 49	≥ 48	23*	≥ 50	25*
50 to 54	≥ 46	21*	≥ 48	23*
55 to 59	≥ 44	19*	≥ 46	21*
60 and over	≥ 42	17*	≥ 44	19*

Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, men: core endurance, forearm plank, top row and lowest row
Age group	Forearm plank
Age group	Top, 15.0 points	Lowest, 2.5 points
Under 25	≥ 3:40	1:35*
25 to 29	≥ 3:35	1:30*
30 to 34	≥ 3:30	1:25*
35 to 39	≥ 3:25	1:20*
40 to 44	≥ 3:20	1:15*
45 to 49	≥ 3:15	1:10*
50 to 54	≥ 3:10	1:05*
55 to 59	≥ 3:05	1:00*
60 and over	≥ 3:00	:55*

Women

Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, women: cardiorespiratory, top row and lowest row
Age group	2 mile run		20 meter HAMR, shuttles
Age group	Top, 50.0 points	Lowest, 35.0 points	Top, 50.0 points	Lowest, 35.0 points
Under 25	≤ 15:30	25:23*	≥ 68	21*
25 to 29	≤ 15:55	25:40*	≥ 65	20*
30 to 34	≤ 16:10	26:15*	≥ 63	19*
35 to 39	≤ 16:12	26:30*	≥ 63	18*
40 to 44	≤ 16:45	26:52*	≥ 59	17*
45 to 49	≤ 16:55	27:15*	≥ 58	16*
50 to 54	≤ 17:10	28:05*	≥ 57	14*
55 to 59	≤ 17:43	28:40*	≥ 53	13*
60 and over	≤ 18:20	29:40*	≥ 50	11*

Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, women: muscular strength, top row and lowest row
Age group	Push-ups, 1 minute		Hand release push-ups, 2 minutes
Age group	Top, 15.0 points	Lowest, 2.5 points	Top, 15.0 points	Lowest, 2.5 points
Under 25	≥ 50	15*	≥ 42	17*
25 to 29	≥ 47	14*	≥ 40	15*
30 to 34	≥ 44	12*	≥ 38	13*
35 to 39	≥ 42	11*	≥ 36	11*
40 to 44	≥ 39	10*	≥ 34	9*
45 to 49	≥ 36	8*	≥ 32	7*
50 to 54	≥ 34	7*	≥ 30	5*
55 to 59	≥ 31	5*	≥ 28	3*
60 and over	≥ 28	3*	≥ 26	1*

Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, women: core endurance, sit-ups and cross-leg reverse crunch, top row and lowest row
Age group	Sit-ups, 1 minute		Cross-leg reverse crunch, 2 minutes
Age group	Top, 15.0 points	Lowest, 2.5 points	Top, 15.0 points	Lowest, 2.5 points
Under 25	≥ 54	29*	≥ 58	33*
25 to 29	≥ 50	25*	≥ 56	31*
30 to 34	≥ 45	20*	≥ 54	29*
35 to 39	≥ 43	18*	≥ 52	27*
40 to 44	≥ 41	16*	≥ 50	25*
45 to 49	≥ 35	10*	≥ 48	23*
50 to 54	≥ 34	9*	≥ 46	21*
55 to 59	≥ 32	7*	≥ 44	19*
60 and over	≥ 31	6*	≥ 42	17*

Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, women: core endurance, forearm plank, top row and lowest row
Age group	Forearm plank
Age group	Top, 15.0 points	Lowest, 2.5 points
Under 25	≥ 3:35	1:30*
25 to 29	≥ 3:30	1:25*
30 to 34	≥ 3:25	1:20*
35 to 39	≥ 3:20	1:15*
40 to 44	≥ 3:15	1:10*
45 to 49	≥ 3:10	1:05*
50 to 54	≥ 3:05	1:00*
55 to 59	≥ 3:00	:55*
60 and over	≥ 2:55	:50*

Shaded cells are the lowest row, marked with an asterisk on the chart. The waist-to-height chart has no asterisk row and is the same for everyone: 20 points at 0.49 or under, 0 points at 0.60 or over.

2 kilometer walk maximum times

Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, slowest passing time for the 2 kilometer walk, by age band
Age band	Men	Women
Under 30	16:16	17:22
30 to 39	16:18	17:28
40 to 49	16:23	17:49
50 to 59	16:40	18:11
60 and over	16:58	18:53

The walk is open only to Airmen whose medical form rules out the run and the shuttle run. It earns no points.

Rule set: USAF Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment scoring charts, effective 1 March 2026, with the pass rules in AFMAN 36-2905, dated 24 March 2026. Official source: the Air Force Personnel Center fitness page. Rules last checked on 12 November 2026.

Air Force physical fitness standards: four components, 100 points

The Air Force calls its fitness test the Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, or PFRA. It replaced the earlier name, Physical Fitness Assessment, and the PT test, the AF PT test and the fitness exam are everyday names for it. It scores 100 points across four components.

Cardiorespiratory fitness is worth 50 points and is scored from the 2 mile run or the 20 meter HAMR shuttle run. Waist-to-height ratio is worth 20 points. Muscular strength is worth 15 points, from 1 minute of push-ups or 2 minutes of hand release push-ups. Core endurance is worth 15 points, from 1 minute of sit-ups, 2 minutes of cross-leg reverse crunches or a timed forearm plank.

You pick one exercise for each component. The manual sets the order as waist measurement, strength, core and then cardio last. All of it falls within a 3 hour window, with at least 5 minutes of rest between components.

Air Force PT test requirements: what passes and the categories

A pass takes a composite of at least 75 and the minimum in every physical component. Waist-to-height is the one component with no minimum. The manual names three categories: Excellent at 90 or more, Satisfactory from 75 to 89.9, and Unsatisfactory at 74.9 or below or with any component minimum missed.

Meeting every minimum is not enough on its own. The lowest rows give 35 points in cardio, 2.5 in strength and 2.5 in core, which is 40. Even with the full 20 for waist, that totals 60. The manual says the minimums do not add up to a 75.

What the asterisk means

The charts print an asterisk beside the last row of every exercise, and no key explains it. For men under 25 those rows are a 19:45 run, 42 shuttles, 30 push-ups, 27 hand release push-ups, 33 sit-ups, 35 crunches and a 1:35 plank.

The manual sets a minimum for every component except waist and says a result under the required minimum receives a component score of zero. This site reads the asterisk row as that minimum. The manual never writes that the asterisk means minimum, so that is a reading and not a printed rule. The waist chart has no asterisk row.

A result that falls between two rows

The charts, the manual and the two articles do not say how to score a result between two printed rows. This site reads the chart the way it is laid out: a result earns the points of the highest row it fully reaches. It is never rounded up and never blended between rows.

For men under 25, a 13:30 run is slower than the 13:25 row and faster than the 13:44 row, so it earns 49.5 points. The push-up chart has no row for 65 reps. Rows print 66 for 14.5 points and 64 for 14.0, so 65 reps earns 14.0. A result worse than the asterisk row earns 0 points, and the event is not passed.

Men, women and the nine age groups

The age groups are under 25, then five year steps up to 55 to 59, then 60 and over. Each has its own column for men and for women. Standards ease with age. The 50 point run for men is 13:25 under 25 and 16:58 at 60 and over. The lowest run row moves from 19:45 to 24:00. For women the lowest row moves from 25:23 to 29:40. The full run table for both services is in 2 mile run times by age in the Army and Air Force.

The documents do not say how age is fixed for the group, such as age on the test date or age at the start of the year.

The waist-to-height chart

The ratio is waist divided by height, cut to two decimals and not rounded. The manual's example is a 39.5 inch waist at 72 inches: 0.5486 becomes 0.54, which is 15 points. A ratio of 0.49 or under earns 20 points, 0.55 earns 12.5 and 0.60 or over earns 0. A ratio of 0.55 or more is called high risk. It does not fail the test on its own, because there is no minimum.

The 2 kilometer walk

The walk is open only to Airmen whose medical form rules out the run and the HAMR. It is pass or fail with no points, and a walker cannot score Excellent. Men under 30 must finish in 16:16 and women under 30 in 17:22. At 60 and over the limits are 16:58 for men and 18:53 for women.

How this differs from the 1.5 mile test

The manual's summary of changes lists what is new. The 1.5 mile run is replaced by a 2 mile run or the HAMR. Waist-to-height returns as a scored body composition component worth 20 points. Strength and core are worth 15 points each and cardio is worth 50. The summary also says assessments are now bi-annual for all members and that all Reserve and Guard members test every 12 months.

The Air Force article of 24 September 2025 adds that scored body composition comes back and that a two mile run is introduced. Neither document prints the old test's point split or minimums, so none are shown here.

Dates the documents give

Air Force PFRA start dates by document: AFMAN 36-2905, the scoring charts and two Air Force articles
Document	Date	What it says about dates
Scoring charts	Effective 1 March 2026	The day the charts took effect
AFMAN 36-2905	24 March 2026	Replaces the manual of 22 April 2022 and states no start date for scored testing
Air Force article	24 September 2025	Testing pauses 1 January 2026, new standards start 1 March 2026, tests through 31 August 2026 are diagnostic, scored testing resumes 1 September 2026
Editor's note on that article	Not dated	Says parts of the article, including a shorter diagnostic window, are superseded, and gives no new dates
Air Force Reserve Command article	3 September 2026	Says testing officially resumed on July 1, without a year

The documents do not agree on the day scored testing began, and this site does not pick between them.

How often each part of the force tests

The assessment is the unit, and its components are not tested on separate schedules. Regular Air Force Airmen are due again in 6 months after an Excellent or Satisfactory score. Anyone who scores Unsatisfactory is due again in 3 months.

The Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard are treated as one group, the Air Reserve Component. Its members test once every 12 months, and the Reserve Command article repeats that, with 90 days after an Unsatisfactory score. The manual gives no separate interval for the Guard.

Waist measurement may be taken ahead of the other components, from 1 to 5 duty days before for regular Airmen. Reserve and Guard members may take it at the drill period before.

Charts for special warfare and EOD

Airmen in special warfare and EOD jobs take an occupation-specific assessment. The Air Force publishes separate charts for it, and they are not shown here.

Paragraph 1.3.2 of AFMAN 36-2905 describes it as sex and age neutral, with broader fitness component requirements. AFMAN 36-2919 covers special warfare and AFMAN 36-2930 covers EOD. Reserve and Guard members on a 12-month cycle who are subject to it take it as their annual assessment.

Air Force PT standards questions

What is the Air Force 2 mile run time?

It depends on age and sex. Men under 25 score 50 points at 13:25 and 35 points at 19:45. Women under 25 score 50 at 15:30 and 35 at 25:23. Men 60 and over run from 16:58 to 24:00, and women 60 and over from 18:20 to 29:40. A time slower than the last row scores 0 for the component. The lowest row is the cardio minimum and cannot pass the test by itself, because 75 is needed overall.

What are the minimum Air Force PT test standards for each exercise?

The minimum is the lowest row on the chart, marked with an asterisk. For men under 25 it is 30 push-ups, 27 hand release push-ups, 33 sit-ups, 35 cross-leg reverse crunches or a 1:35 plank. For women under 25 it is 15, 17, 29, 33 or 1:30. The 2 mile run is 19:45 for men and 25:23 for women, and the HAMR is 42 and 21 shuttles.

What score passes the Air Force PT test?

A pass is a composite of at least 75 out of 100 under AFMAN 36-2905 (24 March 2026), with the minimum met in strength, core and cardio. Waist-to-height has no minimum. A composite of 90 or more is Excellent, 75 to 89.9 is Satisfactory, and anything lower, or any missed minimum, is Unsatisfactory.

Can I take the HAMR instead of the 2 mile run?

The manual lists the 2 mile run or the 20 meter HAMR for the cardio component and sets no interval at which the run is required. The Air Force article of 24 September 2025 said a run at least once every 365 days. The manual and the Reserve Command article carry no such rule.

Are the Air Force fitness standards different for women?

Yes. Every age group has its own column for men and for women in the run, shuttle run, push-up, sit-up, crunch and plank charts. The waist-to-height chart is the same for everyone.

When did the new Air Force PT standards start?

The charts are effective 1 March 2026. The documents disagree on when scored testing began. The 2025 Air Force article said 1 September 2026. A Reserve Command article of 3 September 2026 says testing resumed on 1 July. The manual gives no start date.

How often is the Air Force PT test given?

Regular Air Force Airmen test again after 6 months following a Satisfactory or Excellent score, and after 3 months following an Unsatisfactory one. Reserve and Guard Airmen test once every 12 months, or every 3 months after an Unsatisfactory score.

Do the Air Force PT standards apply to recruits in Basic Military Training?

Not as a PFRA. Paragraph 6.1.2 of AFMAN 36-2905 says new accessions, including Basic Military Training, follow the fitness programs and standards of their school. Their first official PFRA comes at their first duty station, within 2 months of arrival (paragraph 6.1.1).

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Sources

4 official documents

US Air Force, Air Force Personnel Center. USAF Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment Scoring charts (Tab 2), effective 1 March 2026. Read 12 November 2026.
US Air Force. AFMAN 36-2905, Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Program, 24 March 2026. Read 12 November 2026.
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs. Air Force updates physical fitness program, 24 September 2025, with editor's note. Read 12 November 2026.
Air Force Reserve Command. Fitness Updates for AFRC Airmen, 3 September 2026. Read 12 November 2026.

By the Military PT Test Calculator team. The chart repeats the Air Force's scoring charts, which were read from the official PDF in two separate copies. The copies were compared, and a script then ran the chart against the second copy cell by cell.

Last updated on 13 November 2026. How pages are made: editorial policy.