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  • 157th Air Refueling Wing visits Air Force Basic Military Training

    NCOs, senior NCOs and company grade officers from the 157th Air Refueling Wing flew down to Air Force Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland from Nov. 7-9. The group was tasked with bringing their knowledge and understanding of BMT back to the Wing's newest Airmen and trainees.

  • Fallen Warrior: Lt. Col. William Schroeder

    For our Fallen Warrior commemoration this week, we remember Lt. Col. William Schroeder, Special Operations Weather Officer and the commander of the 342nd Special Tactics Training Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base.

  • Every BMT flight picture tells a story

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- When it comes to memories of a military career, there is perhaps nothing as iconic as a Basic Military Training flight photo. The BMT Flight Photo website is rich with these photos – nearly 17,000 of them.

  • Blue Rope of the Year extols rewards of MTI career

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- When 20-year-old Holly Vaught walked into an Air Force recruiter’s office in the summer of 2003, she was by her own account, emotionally lost with $2 and a half tank of gas to her name. She admitted her motive to join the Air Force was selfish: “I needed

  • Laughlin Airman writes "Letters to Lackland"

    Airman 1st Class Cailey Brislin, 434th Squadron Aviation Resource Management (SARM) at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, writes to Basic Military Training Airmen at Lackland Air Force Base to offer support and words of wisdom. Brislin began Letters to Lackland in April, and has since gathered more

  • BMT Airmen transported by airlift to Sheppard, other training bases

    COVID-19 can’t stop the military. It can try, but national security is 24/7 and basic military training, along with technical training at Sheppard AFB and other training installations, continues on its mission to provide trained Airmen to protect and defend the country.