Basic cadet trainees from the class of 2029 complete the Assault Course in Jacks Valley during the second phase of Basic Cadet Training on July 15, 2025 at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado ...

Recruits joining the Air Force and Space Force will now be issued an inert M4 carbine early in boot camp and carry it throughout basic training.

The Air Force’s newest airmen are spending a lot more time with weapons than their predecessors have for more than a decade.

Airmen and Guardians will once again carry practice weapons during their nearly eight weeks of basic military training, a change that Department of the Air Force officials say is needed amid ...

The Air Force is reinstating a basic training class Monday that was suspended last week for revisions, with its materials on World War II-era Black and female pilots intact but diversity, equity ...

The Air Force is reinstating a basic training class Monday that was suspended last week for revisions, with its materials on World War II-era Black and female pilots intact but diversity, equity ...