Editor's note: A version of this story was initially published in 2015. Millions of men and women across the country have started careers as fresh-faced recruits in basic military training (BMT) on ...

Driving toward the Valley Hi gate at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is like entering a tunnel to the past. A building on the right once housed a packed dance floor disco named Daddy Warbucks, where I ...

Air Force Airmen Englebert B. Delena, Joshua D. Keslar, Derek A. Klumpp, Shawn W. Lanmon, Dana A. Martin, Cory A. Melton, Michael A. Silva, Irvin A. Smalls, Dominic ...

U.S. Air Force Airman Christopher R. Christie graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that ...

Air Force Airman Brandon S. Farmer, the son of Patti Farmer of Coos Bay, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. During the six weeks of training, the ...

n Air Force Airman Scott A. Cross graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Cross is the son of John Cross of Charleston, Mo., and Melanie Riley of Wyatt, ...

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Marquis J. Fludd graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program ...

Air Force Airman Lauren D. Payne has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. During six weeks of training, Payne, granddaughter of Ethel Demery of Richmond, Va.

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 ...

The Air Force is once again revising basic training, this time by adding simulated permanent and expeditionary airstrips to give trainees hands-on experience at operating and defending airfields. The ...

Air Force Airman Matthew V. Hamilton and Air National Guard Airman Ibrahim Y. Abdul-Jami recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base. The airmen completed an intensive, ...