The yearlong program trains new pilots for the US Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, and allied nations.

The U.S. Air Force is getting rid of "BEAST Week," a four-day simulated deployment that had been a staple of the service's basic military training for 16 years.

Air Force Expands Basic Military Training to Create 'Lethal' Next Generation "They would go out there and shoot a couple rounds and call it good," Hoover said.

Air Force basic training is 7.5 weeks long, and each week builds upon the previous week’s training. It’s not as long as the U.S. Army’s Basic Combat Training, ...

The U.S. Air Force has finally slain the BEAST. After 16 years, Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training will be retired, as the service changes the way it prepares recruits for combat.

Air Force veteran Lindsay Gutierrez is a two-time living organ donor after giving a kidney to a fellow veteran and part of ...

In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future.

Air Force basic military training trainees fire their M4 carbines during a weapons familiarization course July 8 at Joint Base San Antonio-Medina Annex. The BMT trainees were the first to ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

U.S. Air Force Airman Daniel Y. Yi graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. He is a 2010 graduate of Desert Oasis High School.