The U.S. Air Force is doing away with its "BEAST Week" training exercise in favor of a shorter version of the simulated deployment that will last only a day and a half. "If we get it right, it will be ...

The Air Force is changing the way it conducts Basic Military Training, replacing a four-day-long field training exercise with a new scenario that lasts 36 hours. In an announcement Wednesday, the ...

The Air Force announced Wednesday that it is getting rid of BEAST week during Basic Military Training, the four-day-long deployed war exercise that has been a staple of the service's boot camp for the ...

U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training is any airman’s first step into the massive world of the Air Force. From security forces to combat controllers, logisticians to mechanics, all airmen start their ...

SAN ANTONIO – Every young man and woman who enlists in the United States Air Force arrives here in San Antonio — Military City U.S.A. But their journey doesn’t begin until they arrive at Joint Base ...

Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Marc N. Heidt has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. During the six weeks of training, the airman studied the Air ...

Every year, 30,000 civilians arrive at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and leave 7½ weeks later as full-fledged U.S. Air Force airmen They rise early and spend their days marching, running and being ...