You'll begin your career in the Air Force with Basic Military Training (BMT). You'll work hard and be challenged as you stretch yourself and discover that you're capable of more than you thought ...

Air Force basic training is 7.5 weeks long ... Currently, Pacer Forge is a day and a half in length. Blakeney said the timeline can fluctuate as they find ways to improve it.

Army, Navy, and Marine Corps recruits used to call the Air Force the "chair force." That's because airmen did just 6½ weeks of basic training, compared to eight in the Navy, nine in the Army and ...

Air Force recruits in their fifth week of training learn rifle fighting techniques during pugil stick training. The Air Force’s Basic Military Training recently expanded from 7.5 weeks to 8.5 weeks.

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 ...

BEAST Week, which stands for Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training, was an important part of the Air Force's initial entry training for 16 years. The training was a four-day-long deployed war ...

While there are resources aplenty, particularly for Army basic training and Marine Corps boot camp, the Air Force’s barrier to entry is slightly more enigmatic. In an effort to provide ...

As Emma Lollar prepared for Air Force basic training in 2019, she spent hours scouring the internet for what to expect once she arrived at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. Lollar said she ...

Air Force basic military training trainees fire their M4 carbines during a weapons familiarization course July 8 at Joint Base San Antonio-Medina Annex. The BMT trainees were the first to ...