Every summer, the Air Force Academy brings in over 1,000 young men and women who will become future officers in the U.S. Air Force. But before they get started, they have to endure 6-weeks of Basic ...

As an Air Force basic training sentry, you'll carry a book with you at all times during sentry (dorm guard) duty, and you can quickly look up the information, if needed.

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 ...

New Air Force recruits are expected to arrive at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, to begin Basic Military Training on Tuesday. The Air Force had paused ...

The Air Force Academy started its five to six weeks of basic training for the class of 2026 cadets on Monday, July 11, 2022, in nearby Jacks Valley. To get there, the cadets marched out two miles ...

The U.S. Air Force has expanded its Basic Military Training from seven-and-a-half weeks to eight-and-a-half weeks in an effort to align more closely with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ heightened ...

While the Marine Corps and Navy added time for mentorship to the end of basic training, the Air Force reincorporated an end-of-training mentorship period back into the basic training schedule.

New basic cadet trainees are given an earful in this Gazette file photo. The Air Force Academy's class of 2021 will roll in Thursday with more than 1,200 "doolies" to refresh the school's ranks.

Air Force basic military training trainees are issued Microsoft Surface Pro tablets during in-processing as part of a pilot program at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Dec. 11. The ...