The U.S. Air Force is doing away with its "BEAST Week" training exercise in favor of a shorter version of the simulated deployment that will last only a day and a half. "If we get it right, it will be ...
The Air Force is changing the way it conducts Basic Military Training, replacing a four-day-long field training exercise with a new scenario that lasts 36 hours. In an announcement Wednesday, the ...
New Air Force and Space Force workout uniforms are rolling out to troops in basic training and will be available across the services in the coming months. Airmen in basic training began receiving the ...
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 ...
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 ...
SAN ANTONIO – Every young man and woman who enlists in the United States Air Force arrives here in San Antonio — Military City U.S.A. But their journey doesn’t begin until they arrive at Joint Base ...
Stratford grad and Air Force Airman 1st Class Joshua D. Wright graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, ...
An Air Force Academy cadet sustained significant injuries last week while participating in a basic parachute training and remains hospitalized, according to an official statement from the academy. The ...