Abstract
Purpose: of the study was to examine the validity of the Army Combat Fitness Test tests on a sample of air defense personnel in the Ukrainian Ground Forces.
 Material and methods. The respondents to this study were 271 air defense servicemen of the ground forces aged 18 to 40 years (73 cadets of the Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Force University and 198 military personnel). The structural validity was evaluated using a confirmatory factor analysis.
 Results. Compliance was achieved with the two-factor model obtained in the course of exploratory factor analysis, as evidenced by the following indixes: χ2 (8, Critical N = 465.29) = 10.43; χ2 / df = 1.303; Non-Normed Fit Index = 0.98; Normed Fit Index = 0.97; Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0.035 (90 Percent Confidence Interval for Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = (0.0; 0.088), Comparative Fit Index = 0.99. In addition, all factor loadings were statistically significant at the p < 0.01 level, that indicates that these two factors were well designed at every stage. Correlation between factors was weak, which confirms the discriminant validity of the test. The significant correlation found between the items and the overall test score confirmed the validity of the test.
 Conclusions. It was found that Army Combat Fitness Test is a suitable tool for evaluating the physical fitness condition of air defense personnel into the Ground Forces. The dilemmas about the possible use of Army Combat Fitness Test for all age groups of military personnel regardless of gender require further study.
Highlights
The lack of a process for evaluating the achievement of the necessary level of physical readines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine personnel may lead to a discrepancy between the level of physical readiness of the military personnel and the requirements for physical condition, training and coherence of units its necessary for the implementation of combat capabilities [1, 2].Thereby, monitoring and evaluating motor skills development is an important goal for unit commanders
It should be noted that the lowest results for female military personnel are shown in the 3 Repetition maximum deadlift exercise. with 76 % not meeting the threshold level. 41 % performed below the threshold level in Standing power throw and Two-mile run exercises
ANOVA Analysis Results Analysis of variance of the results of the Army Combat Fitness Test test tasks performed by female and representatives of different age groups of male
Summary
The lack of a process for evaluating the achievement of the necessary level of physical readines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine personnel may lead to a discrepancy between the level of physical readiness of the military personnel and the requirements for physical condition, training and coherence of units its necessary for the implementation of combat capabilities [1, 2].Thereby, monitoring and evaluating motor skills development is an important goal for unit commanders. The lack of a process for evaluating the achievement of the necessary level of physical readines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine personnel may lead to a discrepancy between the level of physical readiness of the military personnel and the requirements for physical condition, training and coherence of units its necessary for the implementation of combat capabilities [1, 2]. Controlling the process ensures the timely receipt of objective information about the state of physical fitness of military personnel. This task is solved by the system of verification and evaluation of physical fitness [3]. Since October 2020, the U.S Army Physical Fitness School and the U.S Army Center for Initial Military Training have been validating the Army Combat Fitness Test tests [11, 12]
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