The Space Force now trains its new recruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas, but wants to set up its own specialized basic military training program. (Daniel Cruz/U.S. Air Force) The Space ...

When the Air Force’s newest recruits show up to boot camp at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on Oct. 3, they’ll face a different introduction to military life than trainees of generations past ...

The Air Force's top enlisted leader said there's a desire to let trainees at the service's boot camp carry real rifles, a change that would mirror long-standing norms for other military branches. Last ...

The Air Force clarified on Sunday that new recruits will learn about the Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Air Force Service Pilots during their basic training, after a course that included videos on the ...

The Air Force hopes its recruits will eventually carry real rifles in boot camp, its top enlisted airman said. It recently restarted issuing practice M4 carbines to recruits for their eight-week ...

Security forces trainees at the 343rd Training Squadron march to the individual tactics and techniques basic course at Joint Base San Antonio - Camp Bullis, July 7, 2023. (Taylor Curry/Air Force) ...

The Air Force says a program allowing recruits to connect online with a drill instructor before arriving at basic military training is now being used across the country and has reduced the number of ...

Kayla Killin of Del Rio, Texas, has always been close to her little brother, Quico. So, when she graduated from Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, he was the natural choice ...

The US Space Force has hit a critical milestone: dedicated basic training for its early recruits. As dawn breaks on Day 38 of basic training at Joint Base San Antonio, a bugle playing reveille blasts ...

Air Force boot camp is saying goodbye to “The Beast.” Since 2006, incoming airmen and Space Force guardians have gotten their first taste of deployed life during a stretch of basic military training ...