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 ...

On a hill overlooking the Air Force Academy, first year cadet Cameron Keller gives his mother, Cindy Marx, one last hug before being dropped off for I-Day on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Stopping at the ...

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, ...

A look from leaders into the U.S. Air Force’s training environment, including basic education priorities for airmen, technical training and operational readiness, has led to a shift in how the service ...

The flu bug began spreading among Air Force basic training recruits in May. At the peak, 284 were sick and six were ...

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 ...

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 ...