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 ...

The new Air Force Basic Military Training commander has a unique perspective when it comes to leading the airmen in his group. According to archive research conducted by the 37th Training Wing Office ...

A day after the Air Education and Training Command told parents and friends of recruits graduating from basic military training not to attend this week’s parade on a sprawling field, the Air Force ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - For most seniors, graduation marks the end of a chapter, but for one Elder High School student, it will mark the beginning. While his classmates were planning school dances, ...

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, ...

The Air Force’s newest airmen are spending a lot more time with weapons than their predecessors have for more than a decade. Since the end of July, airmen and guardian trainees have been carrying ...

In a move meant to boost fighting spirit in new Air Force and Space Force recruits, basic trainees are now issued M-4 rifles early in boot camp which they carry and maintain throughout the course at ...

SAN ANTONIO – An annual JBSA-Lackland Thanksgiving tradition returned for its 49th year on Thursday. The event allows local families to share Thanksgiving with U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training ...