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 ...

Most civilians at the Air Education and Training Command are on furlough until the impasse ends. But those deemed essential must keep working without paychecks.

Air Force trainees will learn how to operate permanent and forward airfields and defend them from enemy attacks.

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 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 ...

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, ...

Air Force Airman 1st Class Roberto J. Coronado has completed basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Coronado, the son of Angelica Alvarez and Robert Coronado, is a 2013 graduate ...

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 ...

U.S. Air Force National Guard Airman 1st Class Amanda K. Bodony graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, ...

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.