The Air Force's recruiting continues to rebound since 2023, when it missed its goal for the first time in decades.

A brief history of Air Force Basic Military Training. The Air Force wasn’t always a standalone branch of the U.S. military. It was under the then-War Department, which later became the ...

Air Force basic and technical trainees no longer have any alternative exercises available in the service’s fitness test, as ...

The Air Force and Space Force met their recruitment goals for fiscal year 2025 three months early, the services announced ...

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Air Force and Space Force have met their annual recruitment goal three months early, as of ...

The U.S. Air Force is getting rid of "BEAST Week," a four-day simulated deployment that had been a staple of the service's basic military training for 16 years.

The U.S. Air Force has finally slain the BEAST. After 16 years, Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training will be retired, as the service changes the way it prepares recruits for combat.

Air Force basic military training has included mock deployments and combat scenarios since 1999, when the field training was known as “Warrior Week.” It was expanded and dubbed BEAST in 2006.

Airman Basic Jackson Smith, a Morven native, graduated from U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training (BMT) at Lackland Air ...

Air Force Chief of Staff General David Allvin said no curriculum or content highlighting the Tuskegee Airmen was removed from Basic Military Training. More for You Tom Hanks ‘storms out’ of ...

Air Force Airman Gavin W. Close, 20, graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas on Thursday. The airman completed an intensive, 7.5 week basic military ...