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Physical Abilities Identified as Critical for Battlefield Airmen

• The physical abilities identified as critical for each of the physically demanding tasks required of battlefield airmen were muscular strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, anaerobic power (ability to do high-intensity, short duration activity), equilibrium, flexibility, and coordination and agility.
• There is a high demand across the four specialities for strength and muscular and cardiovascular endurance, followed by agility, anaeroboic power, and equilibrium.
• Flexibility seems to be less critically important for phsyically demanding battlefield airmen tasks (but flexibility may be associated with fewer overall injuries among airmen).