No further information about the proposal for Space Force’s boot camp was immediately available, an Air Force spokesperson said. As of December, the Space Force has 9,523 Guardians in the force.

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 ...

More than 700 Airmen assigned to the 331st Training Squadron graduated from Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 12-13, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by C Arce) ...

Recruits joining the Air Force and Space Force will now be issued an inert M4 carbine early in boot camp and carry it throughout basic training.

The Space Force wants to set up its own tailor-made boot camp for aspiring guardians, top officials said at a Florida conference this week. “We’re trying to figure out, what’s the right ...

Last year, the Air Force announced that it was getting rid of BEAST Week, the four-day deployed war exercise that had been a staple of the service's boot camp for the previous 16 years.

Air Force Basic Military Training trainees carry practice weapons at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on August 2, 2024. (Ava Leone/Air Force) Airmen and guardian recruits are now carrying ...

Enlisted trainees for the Air Force and Space Force are now issued nonfunctional replicas of M4 rifles during boot camp at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

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 ...

Air Force officials also decided to take the resilience training curriculum that had been layered through 7½ weeks of boot camp and put it into the first five days at Lackland.

Creating a Space Force-specific boot camp requires a lot of effort and investment, Saltzman said, which is one reason the service has piggybacked on the Air Force's BMT so far. The Space Force ...