The Air Force 's top enlisted leader said there's a desire to let trainees at the service's boot camp carry real rifles, a change that would mirror long-standing norms for other military branches ...

The Air Force hopes its recruits will eventually carry real rifles in boot camp, its top enlisted airman said. It recently restarted issuing practice M4 carbines to recruits for their eight-week ...

As part of boot camp, Guardians were given tablets with information about the Space Force, but only 20 hours of their two-month basic military training was dedicated to specific education about ...

The U.S. Air Force removed 23 recruits from boot camp last week after they refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine ahead of the Nov. 2 deadline, defense officials confirmed to Fox News.

NORFOLK, Va. — For the Air Force -- like all the branches -- the mission must go on, despite the coronavirus outbreak. The numbers among the troops are pretty staggering. The Department of ...

Military training instructors are responsible for training new recruits at the United States Air Force's 7 ½-week basic military training. But before they're certified to train new recruits in ...

But right now, three out of the four Department of Defense branches are no longer shipping most recruits off to boot camp during the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked Virginia Senator Mark Warner about ...

Air Force Recruit Shipped Off to Boot Camp After Allegedly Assaulting Police on Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Police push back rioters who were trying to enter the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

A trainee at Air Force boot camp has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, service officials announced Wednesday afternoon. The individual is the Air Force’s first trainee to test positive ...

On March 17, the Air Force implemented a plan to bring loads of 650 to 800 students to basic training to enter 14-day restriction of movement phases, or ROMs.

When the Air Force’s newest recruits show up to boot camp at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on Oct. 3, they’ll face a different introduction to military life than trainees of ...

Air Force basic training recruits that will be placed in a 14-day restriction of movement period arrive to in-process on March 24, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (Sarayuth ...