A memo circulating on social media that purportedly outlines a new, hardcore fitness test for to the Air Force’s physical fitness policy is not authentic, Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said on Monday.

Over the weekend, the undated memo was posted on unofficial Reddit and Facebook pages. It claimed that airmen who score 90 points or higher on the service’s new PT test would only have to take the test once a year and could also opt out of the 2-mile run. It also purportedly included details of a new “Combat Readiness Test.”

But Stefanek said on Monday that the memo is not an official Air Force document.

‘Combat’ fitness tests mandated by Hegseth

The Combat Readiness Test described in the memo would be a functional fitness-style test and appears to be aimed at meeting a requirement

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