U.S. Air Force Airmen march during their basic military training graduation Aug. 30, 2018, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Every enlisted Airmen begins their Air Force career at basic ...

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Air Force plans to allow family members and other guests to attend basic military training, or BMT, graduation ceremonies.. The first ...

U.S. Air Force basic military training graduation parade, Oct. 18, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S. Air Force/Sarayuth Pinthong) ...

Airmen march in a basic military training graduation ceremony in 2015. The Air Force has barred family members from attending BMT graduation ceremonies as part of its efforts to minimize the ...

Airmen sing the Air Force song together during the Basic Military Training Coin and Naturalization Ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

U.S. Air Force Airman Tabea Atakisief, 23, of Berlin, Germany, talks about her experience after the basic training graduation ceremony was held indoors at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on Friday ...

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 ...

Air Force basic training is 7.5 weeks long, and each week builds upon the previous week’s training. It’s not as long as the U.S. Army’s Basic Combat Training , but the two courses share ...

When airman Noah Keaton told his wife, Danielle, that he couldn’t make it to her Air Force graduation ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, she understood as he was stationed overseas in England.