The U.S. Air Force has expanded its Basic Military Training from seven-and-a-half weeks to eight-and-a-half weeks in an effort to align more closely with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ heightened ...

Air Force Expands Basic Military Training to Create 'Lethal' Next Generation "They would go out there and shoot a couple rounds and call it good," Hoover said.

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 ...

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

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

“The docuseries is an unprecedented look into the Air Force’s only Basic Military Training at JBSA-Lackland,” according to a statement from Air Force Public Affairs.

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.

After briefly shutting down to reset in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Air Force Basic Military Training has come back strong, with some key modifications.

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 ...

Space Force is set to train its new recruits separately from the Air Force for the first time next month when it launches its inaugural Guardian-only Basic Military Training class, service ...

Air Force Airman 1st Class Karla A. Cabada graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that ...