If you can crack your fitness before you start basic training you will find it so much easier. That’s the best advice I could give you.

Men and women who decide to come into this path deserve all our respect and gratitude. They know in advance how sacrifice this career will be, very far from home and risky situations, so all our recognition and big THANK YOU!

All of this is exactly what we do for PE warm-ups

This really helps!! I would like to be in the RAF band when I am older! When I was little I used to say to my dad (who was in the army) that I wanted to be in the military when the time comes and now 8 years later (I'm 14) I have made my decision to be in the RAF!!! I'm going to use this information to make myself stronger! :) Edit: 16 almost 17 now. I have not joined the RAF, but I am joining the British Army! I have my assessment centre in 9 days. Hopefully I get in as a musician, although I haven't heard about an audition at all. I will update after I go through the assessment centre. Update: I'm starting British Army Basic Training in September at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate. I'll be training there for 5 months, then I'll go to Portsmouth for my phase 2 training as a musician! Update: I started phase 2 last week, currently its been the best fuckin fun I've had in a long time. Phase 1 was shite, but the bonds you make with the people are incredible. I urge anyone to join the British Army! Its been amazing so far, and im less than a year in!

How to pass the RAF fitness test..............Turn up!

At the time of writing May 2024 my grandson is at RAF Halton starting his second week of the ten week basic. They have lost a few guys already, only those getting above 80% but fail get another go, below 80% and you are out, some guys left after day three days, get as fit as you can before you arrive, just up to standard is not enough.

Are you alive? Yes You’re in!

Very informative, thank you!

Man I have some training to do. Got 2 years of high school, 2 years of air college and this to get through.

Thank you for this!

Thanks for this helped me learn more and makes me want to join the RAF more

im irish but every year i go to the airshow in ireland and the raf planes are in it and its amazing

The run test in school was hell

The fitness test was a lot harder when I was in. As LACs the SWO insisted that we do the beep test over the three lanes of the Westbound M4 corridor, in our pants! Couldn't get away with that now, but was seen as character building back then!

Thanks for the video. Hoping to join the Regt. Gunners. These videos have been great help.

Equality they say. Female are stronger they say

I’ve got 2 year of high school and then RAF here I come

My old Flight Sergeant use to do his bleep tests in his mobility scooter. Got up to level 9 and that was it full speed straight through the fire exit, turn right down the road and into The Spar shop, for well deserved snacks.

I sleep well at night knowing that the raf have got my back. 👀

Love coming back to old videos like this and seeing all the comments from the knuckle dragging Army bods trying to poke fun at the RAF’s fitness standards, it’s funnier now because since covid the Army’s fitness standards are worse than the RAF’s, even the RAF Reg’s requirements are harder than the Army’s infantry standards these days 😂

Im in the Raf regiment and passed this not long ago the best tip is to stop all exercise a year before signing up and make sure you eat as much junk food as possible

Wow, what an informative video. Who knew the RAF had a fitness test!

Hi guys, I’m an applicant in the process of joining the Royal Air Force. I’ll be covering the entire application process on my channel, which may interest some of you. I posted my first video regarding the DAA on Saturday. Please let me know if it was helpful, thank you.

Yea but i absolutely suck at sit-ups specifically

exactly what i do in school pe warm ups,

How to pass... just knowing where the gym is normally is suffice and that’s even a mystery to some.

Shame that this is unlisted, this is a great video.

I just passed my pjft test today first attempt. It’s very hard and needs a lot of practice and endurance.

That is a lot of 'sit-ups.' And they are the gut-wrenching haul-your-carcass-off-the-mat type not just crunches.

The second stage of training is learning which hotels to book into and how to order room service. That fitness test is the same as the warm up the army do before a morning run

Number 9 needs to learn how to run with correct form.

I'm really good a pushups and sit-ups, really need to work on the bleep test though

I am very much interested to join in RAF as a nursing officer , Well , I am bit nervous about this fitness test . But I will do my best 👍

Anyone know how strict they are on elbow position for the pushups? If I don’t think about my elbow position I can easily hit about 35. But with my elbows tucked right in I can only just about get 20

Really wish i joined the raf when i was younger love my history and war planes

I went through this when I joined the RAF. It was really difficult 😂

If you do this, it doesnt mean that you are in. The test is across 12 weeks and its consists of 2k runs, swims, circuits, jogs, sit ups and push ups.

This is really unfair how men have a way higher fitness standard than women. Women say that they want equality well explain this

;p time to get fit lads.

I’m 14 now and am considering joining the RAF in 3 years, that’s well enough time to get this down haha.

No one: HM Military: *THE FITNESSGRAM PACER TEST IS-*

today while at my fitness test i passed everything apart from the sit ups as my instructor did not understand that she should stand on my feet while i’m doing them, i failed because of that and found it very unfair :/

Bleep oof I love that

As a female, I completely agree that women should be allowed to join all roles of all services IF they can meet the same fitness requirements as men. I don't understand the logic of making it easier in the name of "equality" an I'm sure plenty of women would be able to match the men in their test.

If you do this you can be in the raf with the also c to a in GCSEs is there anymore type of thing you need to be able to do

I want to try get in the army but the only problem is I’m way overweight for my age. My stamina is terrible and I can’t do one push-up or sit-up. I’m gonna try to lose all this excess weight tho

Oh hey cool, i passed it. I got a score of 11 on the beep test, i got 35 on the push up test and i got 49 on the sit up tests

I've a bit of training to do

this helps

Lol This is what I have to do because I wanna join the RAF

I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll do it.

I would die straight away

This is a warm up compared to the army fitness test lol😂

How difficult is the fitness test? I pretty much do 30km of cycling a week, alot of walking and lot of lifting and DIY work.

When demonstrating the press ups the participants weren't sat in numerical order.

Just turn up.

How do you find out what level of beep test, how many press ups and sits ups you need to do for someone who's much older and female?

For the logistics driver role do you still have to do all this ?

9.10 on the bleep test Jesus that’s higher then the one for infantry in the army

I thought you just had to turn up for the RAF!

Step 1: Learn how to sit down Step 2: ...that’s it...

Sittin’ here eatin my pizza. Delicious.

my biggest fear / issue is the pushups. i can barely do 5 and its stressing me out, i've got my aptitude test on the 9th of this month, i know i've got plenty of time to work on pushups as the fitness test wont be for a few months yet but i'm struggling quite a bit. has anyone got any tips on how i can work on that aspect?

Anyone help me here, it says this video came out 2 months ago but peoples comments are from 5 months ago.

Will the fitness test be conducted within an environment like this or within a gym with a PT

Can I do my work experience in the RAF?

The benches

Is LASIK/PRK surgery allowed and any instructions on that?

Got this today lol

Will you pass if you complete the press ups the multistage fitness test but not the sit-ups?

@RAF has the 2.4km Treadmill been replaced by the Bleep test?

What does the score for the Multi Stage Fitness Test Correlate to? Mine says 7.02. What does that mean?

Wait so you need to get level 9.10 in the bleep test but didn’t they say it was a best effort exercise ?

That's it? Or is there more?

Hold on I thought gender was a social construct?

I have a BMI of about 29 due to having lots of muscle mass. Would I be deemed overweight as its over the required 28?

Do you still get buzz cut when you join raf?

Hi is the G force training necessary for training rotary pilots? Dan

It's no longer a best effort test, now they stop each recruit once they reach their required standard.

so basicaly its a 165 year old pe lesson warm up but under more pressure : )

What do you mean by a best effort test? 1:07

So I won't need to swim lol 😂😂i was stressing

Any minimum height requirements for joining?

😂😂😂😂 RAF is a easy af I'm training for my PRMC

Update as if August 2022. You now only need to pass the diversity test and you're in. This country is done for.

I am interested in physiotherapy, do you have any careers in the RAF for a physiotherapist

Is it the same for the RAF Regiment?

Serious question; what's the point of testing recruits if you're only going to pick them based on their race/gender?

What level does the bleep test go up to?

I'm only thirteen and I would like to be a Regt. Gunner (obviously when I'm sixteen) but I need to shape up >^< ya know what I might come back to this comment in 3 years and reply and tell people how I did

what is the satisfactory level? or passing mark?

Didn't know they had a fitness test

What's the distance between the lines please? I can get the audio online. But not the lines! 😉 thanks

I’m just curious why is the MSFT score required for a standard role in the RAF (9.10) even higher than it is for the Infantry in the army (8.01) ? Each role on the website seems to have the same fitness score whether you’re going for HR or RAF Gunner.

where is the NAFFI????

I can't wait till I leave school and begin to train to fly fighter jets

Hey if a transgender person wanted to join, would they be measured as their biological gender? There's no wrong or offensive answer, I just need to know which criteria I'm aiming for. Thanks!

Guess US and Royal Marines still has the hardest PFT and basic training... EDIT: 3:00

Bleep test

I'm part of the raf