The flu bug began spreading among Air Force basic training recruits in May. At the peak, 284 were sick and six were hospitalized. One airman died.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In recent weeks, a flu outbreak has sickened hundreds of recruits at Lackland Air Force Base. Above, a flight of newly arrived ...

A worsening flu outbreak among recruits attending basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, began earlier this month while an Air Force request to reinstate a mandatory flu shot ...

Air Force Airmen Englebert B. Delena, Joshua D. Keslar, Derek A. Klumpp, Shawn W. Lanmon, Dana A. Martin, Cory A. Melton, Michael A. Silva, Irvin A. Smalls, Dominic ...

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 ...

Every day, the basic trainees at Lackland AFB must scarf down their meals in 10 minutes — no smiling or sweets allowed. But on Christmas, even some of the strictest rules are bent. Trainees can take ...

Wendy Gallardo Gallegos was marching with a backpack as part of Air Force Security Forces training when she twisted her right foot. It swelled up painfully, a nightmare scenario for an airman basic, ...

Fresh off long flights from all over the country, the recruits spilled out of a bus, backpacks in hand, and dashed through the rain toward a reception center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. "Let's ...

401722 01: Airman Basic Amy Ting "low-crawls" on the U.S. Air Force basic military training confidence course February 18, 2002 at Lackland Fir Force Base in Texas. After escaping from the New York ...

The Air Force has confirmed a trainee died as a result of a flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, according to Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas). Keon McDaniel was in his sixth week of ...

One of two men killed in an apparent murder-suicide at an Air Force base in Texas has been identified as a former FBI agent who later enlisted in the military, authorities said Saturday. Air Force ...