Considering the extensive damage fires have caused in the West of late, Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma got off lightly last week. Base and local firefighters fought a grass fire that burned some 100 acres, scorching areas at the base’s southeast perimeter. Just to be safe, officials evacuated dorm and base housing residents.
Active-Duty Airmen only have a few days left to submit an official waist-to-height ratio into the Air Force’s new online application. But the service clarified July 23 that this first body composition measurement is not meant to be scored as part of the new Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, or PFRA