The U.S. Air Force has finally slain the BEAST. After 16 years, Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training will be retired, as the service changes the way it prepares recruits for combat.

Air Force basic training is 7.5 weeks long, and each week builds upon the previous week’s training. It’s not as long as the U.S. Army’s Basic Combat Training , but the two courses share ...

The U.S. West Coast-based tanker transited the Pacific and conducted aerial refueling with Misawa Air Base's F-16 fighter ...

The U.S. Air Force is getting rid of "BEAST Week," a four-day simulated deployment that had been a staple of the service's basic military training for 16 years.

A U.S. Army soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade communicates with pilots during training at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, Oct. 1, 2016.

The U.S. and its allies—both of which host American forces—have conducted military exercises around the Korean Peninsula, ...

The Air Force's 310th Fighter Squadron, part of the 56th Operations Group at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, engaged in basic fighter maneuvers alongside Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 at ...

SAN ANTONIO — The United States Air Force is reinstating the Tuskegee Airmen videos in its basic training curriculum, ...

The T-38 Talon comes from Northrop's assembly line. It took its maiden flight in 1959 before the Air Force ordered more than 1,100 of them, and it has been training future fighter pilots and ...

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Pete Silcox, an instructor with the 331st Training Squadron, demonstrates how to assemble the M16 trainer weapon, May 2, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

Washington – Buoyed by an increase in recruiting, the U.S. Army will expand its basic combat training in what its leaders hope reflects a turning point as it prepares to meet the challenges of ...

Basic cadets from the United States Air Force Academy class of 2028 go through training at Jacks Valley on Thursday, July 18, 2024. The class started field training July 15 with a 5.2 mile march ...