Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newly arrived Air Force recruits get instructions from Tech. Sgt. Kaleb Schmidt, left, at San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base in ...

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 ...

Officials anticipated a problem soon after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lifted the vaccine requirement in April. By Greg Jaffe Reporting from Washington On May 5, several weeks before a major flu ...

June 19 (UPI) --A major outbreak of flu has hit Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, less than two months after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth dropped the requirement for flu vaccines. The disease has ...

U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training trainees stand at attention in front of a military training instructor (MTI) during the Coin and Retreat Ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S ...

The Air Force is reshaping basic training around aircraft, small teams and simulated airfields as it prepares airmen for a different kind of war. The Air Force is reshaping basic training around ...

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An influenza outbreak that swept through Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland for two months, sickening hundreds of recruits and killing one, has ended, officials said. No new cases have been reported ...