U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training is any airman’s first step into the massive world of the Air Force. From security forces to combat controllers, logisticians to mechanics, all airmen start their ...

Exploring how each U.S. military branch uniquely shapes recruits through distinct, challenging basic training experiences.

The Air Force is changing the way it conducts Basic Military Training, replacing a four-day-long field training exercise with a new scenario that lasts 36 hours. In an announcement Wednesday, the ...

As Emma Lollar prepared for Air Force basic training in 2019, she spent hours scouring the internet for what to expect once she arrived at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. Lollar said she ...

When potential military recruits consider a life in service, questions about basic training are typically among the first asked. While there are resources aplenty, particularly for Army basic training ...

Wendy Gallardo Gallegos was marching with a backpack as part of Air Force Security Forces training when she twisted her right foot. It swelled up painfully, a nightmare scenario for an airman basic, ...

SAN ANTONIO -- The Space Force recruits sat on their bus at 3 a.m. on May 3, the warm engine idling in the cool, predawn Texas air as it parked outside their aged, concrete dormitory. For a moment, it ...

Three-time Olympic athlete Anita Alvarez has earned herself a new title: airman. Alvarez graduated Air Force Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas on Jan. 9 — one of 781 ...

Some elements of basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland are the same as they've always been. New airmen wake up at the crack of dawn for physical training, eat silently in the chow ...

Airman Basic Matthew Deffer kept a brisk pace on his pushups until the 25th repetition, when he started taking an extra couple of seconds to recover. At the 30th pushup, he began to show his age — 41.

This is the second story in a three-part series that follows recruits through the first-ever boot camp just for Space Force Guardians. Over three months, Military.com interviewed more than a dozen ...