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Lackland Air Force Base (IATA: SKF, ICAO: KSKF, FAA LID: SKF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Bexar County, Texas, United States.The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and an enclave of the city of San Antonio.
The 37th Training Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force assigned to the 2nd Air Force and the Air Education and Training Command.As the host unit to Lackland Air Force Base, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, the wing is the predominant unit on the installation and is the largest training wing in the USAF.
AETC is headquartered at Randolph Air Force Base, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. AETC is the primary training and professional education command in the Air Force. More than 48,000 active duty and Air Reserve Component members and 14,000 civilian personnel make up AETC. The command has responsibility for approximately 1,600 aircraft.
More than 7 million young men and women have entered Air Force basic military training since 4 February 1946, when the training mission was moved to Lackland from Harlingen Air Force Base in Harlingen, Texas. Throughout its history, Lackland's BMT program has changed in many ways to meet the operational needs of the Air Force and recent updates ...
Until 22 September 1993, Officer Training School was primarily located on the Medina Annex of Lackland AFB, Texas, with the last OTS class, Class 93-06, graduating from that location on that date. For a short period during the build up of the Air Force to meet the demands of the Vietnam War, as many as three OTS Squadrons were based directly at ...
Lackland AFB: Wolfpack: Basic Military Training 332d Training Squadron: Lackland AFB: Mad Dogs: English language training 333d Training Squadron: Keesler AFB: Technical Training 334th Training Squadron: Keesler AFB: Gators: Airfield Operations / Command and Control Technical Training 335th Training Squadron: Keesler AFB: Bulls: Technical ...
Lackland Air Force Base is home to more than 120 Department of Defense and associate organizations, including the 37th Training Wing, the largest training wing in the U.S. Air Force. Lackland is the Air Force's only site for enlisted basic military training, and also offers professional and technical skills, and English language training for ...
The 343rd Training Squadron (343rd TRS), also called the Security Forces Academy is located at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX. It was established 30 April 1976 as the 3280th Technical Training Group, and re-designated twice more until 1 April 1994 when it received its current designation.