The Air Force Academy started its five to six weeks of basic training for the class of 2026 cadets on Monday, July 11, 2022, in nearby Jacks Valley. To get ...

Training Airmen since 1946, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is the Air Force's only program for basic military training. San Antonio Express-News Hearst Newspapers Logo Skip to main content ...

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

In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future.

The United States conducted aerial refueling training earlier this month, deploying aircraft from bases across the Pacific to ...

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.

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.

First, it was "under review." Now, the review is over, and Air Force officials have decided to permanently remove a short video about the famed Tuskegee Airmen from the basic training curriculum ...

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 ...

The Air Force has spent the past decade emphasizing tougher training to prepare recruits for life in battle zones. Boot camp is more of a grind than ever these days, but recruits suffering through ...

Fort McCoy Multimedia-Visual Information Office. Airmen with units of the 934th Airlift Wing of Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn., completed airdrop training over several days in ...

Previously, Air Force trainees used a modified version of the M16A2 rifle during training. Unlike standard blue trainers made fully out of plastic, the rifles were essentially demilitarized ...