FITNESS

The Air Force Fitness Program goal is to motivate Airmen to participate in a year-round physical conditioning program that emphasizes total fitness, to include proper aerobic conditioning, strength and flexibility training, and healthy eating. Health benefits from an active lifestyle will increase productivity, optimize health, and decrease absenteeism while maintaining a higher level of readiness. 

FITNESS NEWS

  • April Samurai Challenge: Level Up Relay

    Members from the Yokota community participated in the April Samurai Challenge at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 17, 2026. The challenge is a 12-month series of physical fitness events designed to test strength, enhance unit camaraderie and serve as a proving ground for warrior ethos across the

  • Physical training injury prevention

    Physical training is necessary to develop and maintain the fitness required to accomplish military missions, but it is also known to cause injury.

  • Samurai Challenge: Sakura Madness

    Members from across Yokota gathered for a basketball competition for this month's iteration of the Samurai Challenge at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 25, 2026. The challenge is a 12-month series of physical fitness events designed to test strength, enhance unit camaraderie, and serve as a proving

  • CRW Airmen Complete 18 Mile March

    Staff Sgt Robert Kunkel, security forces Airman in the 621st Contingency Response Squadron, jogs the 18.6-mile Norwegian Foot March in the combat training range at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., March 28, 2026. The 621st Contingency Response Wing is a unique unit of specialized, versatile

  • Hanscom AFB Airman competes at armed forces championship

    A program manager assigned to the Presidential and Executive Airpower Directorate here recently competed among the nation’s top military athletes at the 2026 Armed Forces Cross Country Championship held in Windcrest, Texas, earlier this year.

  • To the max: Team Yokota tackles monthly PT challenge

    Team Yokota members participate in the monthly physical fitness challenge known as the Samurai Challenge at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 25, 2026. More than 30 participants competed in bench press and pull-up events during this month’s competition. The Samurai Challenge is a 12-month series of

  • Humans of Holloman: Senior Airman Dale Wallace II

    A team player who focuses on fine details in and out of the office, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dale Wallace II has been named the Holloman Healthcare Operations Squadron 2025 Airman of the Year.As a warehouse section lead in the logistics side of the Holloman Medical Group, Wallace works with a