Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recruits sing the Air Force song during a basic training graduation at Lackland Air Force Base in April 2025. Lackland is the hub ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An airman waits to hook up a helicopter expedient refuel system to a C-130J Super Herculesat Tinian, U.S. Commonwealth of the ...

On a hill overlooking the Air Force Academy, first year cadet Cameron Keller gives his mother, Cindy Marx, one last hug before being dropped off for I-Day on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Stopping at the ...

A look from leaders into the U.S. Air Force’s training environment, including basic education priorities for airmen, technical training and operational readiness, has led to a shift in how the service ...

Every year, 30,000 civilians arrive at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and leave 7½ weeks later as full-fledged U.S. Air Force airmen They rise early and spend their days marching, running and being ...

Editor's note: A version of this story was initially published in 2015. Millions of men and women across the country have started careers as fresh-faced recruits in basic military training (BMT) on ...

The Air Force is restoring videos of the Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, to its basic training curriculum, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Sunday. Courses ...

Three-time Olympic athlete Anita Alvarez has earned herself a new title: airman. Alvarez graduated Air Force Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas on Jan. 9 — one of 781 ...

In a case with echoes of a sexual abuse scandal that rocked Lackland Air Force Base a decade and a half ago, an Air Force basic training instructor pleaded guilty Thursday to having prohibited sexual ...

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