The flu bug began spreading among Air Force basic training recruits in May. At the peak, 284 were sick and six were ...

In a case with echoes of a sexual abuse scandal that rocked Lackland Air Force Base a decade and a half ago, an Air Force basic training instructor pleaded guilty Thursday to having prohibited sexual ...

A flu bug has swept the ranks of recruits at San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base, the service's basic training hub. Nearly 300 are said to have been infected.

SAN ANTONIO -- The day starts at 4:45 a.m. with physical training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, where every new airman reports for eight and a half weeks of basic training. Never before have the ...

Fresh off long flights from all over the country, the recruits spilled out of a bus, backpacks in hand, and dashed through the rain toward a reception center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. "Let's ...

A flu outbreak at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has sickened nearly 160 Air Force recruits, turning a basic training health problem into a national debate over military readiness, vaccine policy, ...

For decades, Air Force recruits went through basic training without any exposure to planes. Now, boot camp will revolve around them.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recruits sing the Air Force song during a basic training graduation at Lackland Air Force Base in April 2025. Lackland is the hub ...