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 ...

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

Every summer, the Air Force Academy brings in over 1,000 young men and women who will become future officers in the U.S. Air Force. But before they get started, they have to endure 6-weeks of ...

We suffered a recruiting setback due to the yearlong continuing resolution," Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said.

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 ...

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.

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Pete Silcox, an instructor with the 331st Training Squadron, demonstrates how to assemble the M16 trainer weapon, May 2, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

A basic cadet training cadre member provides direction to basic cadets as they leave the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Doolittle Hall and head for the cadet area in Colorado Springs, on June 25, 2015 ...

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 ...