The Air Force is dropping large portions of the previous administration's "reoptimization" plan, but keeping other aspects ...

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 ...

Wendy Gallardo Gallegos was marching with a backpack as part of Air Force Security Forces training when she twisted her right foot. It swelled up painfully, a nightmare scenario for an airman basic, ...

The T-7 Red Hawk is meant to teach student pilots how to fly fifth-generation aircraft such as the F-35. Air Force officials laid out their plans for teaching instructor pilots on the T-7, and then ...

The 99th Flying Training Squadron will soon begin integrating the T-7A Red Hawk as the primary trainer for Air Force pilots.

In a move meant to boost fighting spirit in new Air Force and Space Force recruits, basic trainees are now issued M-4 rifles early in boot camp which they carry and maintain throughout the course at ...

The U.S. Air Force is quietly rewriting how it grows new fighter pilots, and the most visible proof is now thousands of miles ...

The recruit walked briskly up to Tech. Sgt. Bradley Middleton and pivoted to face him. To the untrained eye, nothing seemed out of place. But it was all wrong. The young airman-in-training was ...

Air Force Basic Military Training trainees carry practice weapons at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on August 2, 2024. (Ava Leone/Air Force) Airmen and guardian recruits are now carrying ...