For decades, Air Force recruits went through basic training without any exposure to planes. Now, boot camp will revolve around them.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recruits sing the Air Force song during a basic training graduation at Lackland Air Force Base in April 2025. Lackland is the hub ...

Insider got an inside look at the United States Air Force's 7.5-week basic military training program at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

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

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A worsening flu outbreak among recruits attending basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, began earlier this month while an Air Force request to reinstate a mandatory flu shot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An airman waits to hook up a helicopter expedient refuel system to a C-130J Super Herculesat Tinian, U.S. Commonwealth of the ...