Qualla: Lackland Air Force Base https://qualla.com/lackland-air-force-base en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/lackland-air-force-base-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Lackland Air Force Base https://qualla.com/lackland-air-force-base Lackland Air Force Base: Introduction https://qualla.com/lackland-air-force-base/ Photo credit Master Sergeant Cecilio Ricardo, Public domain. There is exactly one place on Earth where a civilian becomes a United States Air Force airman. Since 1948, every enlisted recruit entering the active-duty Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard has passed through Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Since 2020, Space Force guardians do the same. No other branch of the U.S. military concentrates all of its enlisted basic training at a single installation. The base processes nine training squadrons simultaneously, each with its own dormitories, dining facilities, medical clinics, and exercise grounds. Lackland has earned a nickname that doubles as a statement of fact: 'Gateway to the Air Force.'

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/lackland-air-force-base-wp/9v1z-lackland-air-force-base-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Lackland Air Force Base: From Cadet Center to Cold War Colossus https://qualla.com/lackland-air-force-base/ Photo credit Master Sergeant Cecilio Ricardo, Public domain. Construction began on June 15, 1941, when the facility was still part of Kelly Field. Within a year it split off as the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, teaching future pilots the physics of flight, deflection shooting, and three-dimensional thinking before sending them to prim...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/lackland-air-force-base-wp/9v1z-lackland-air-force-base-from-cadet-center-to-cold-war-colossus.mp3 0:06 2 full Lackland Air Force Base: The Dogs, the Defenders, the Pararescuemen https://qualla.com/lackland-air-force-base/ Photo credit Master Sergeant Cecilio Ricardo, Public domain. Basic military training is Lackland's signature, but the base also runs some of the military's most specialized programs. The 341st Training Squadron trains military working dogs and their handlers for the entire Department of Defense and several federal agencies. On October 28, ...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/lackland-air-force-base-wp/9v1z-lackland-air-force-base-the-dogs-the-defenders-the-pararescuemen.mp3 0:06 3 full Lackland Air Force Base: A Museum on the Parade Ground https://qualla.com/lackland-air-force-base/ Photo credit Sarayuth Pinthong, Public domain. Visitors approaching Lackland's parade grounds encounter a collection of iconic military aircraft on static display as part of the USAF Airman Heritage Museum. A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress stands alongside a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, a McDonnell Dougl...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/1/z/lackland-air-force-base-wp/9v1z-lackland-air-force-base-a-museum-on-the-parade-ground.mp3 0:06 4 full Lackland Air Force Base: Joint Base San Antonio https://qualla.com/lackland-air-force-base/ Photo credit US Air Force from USA, Public domain. In the winter of 2009, the decision was made to merge all of San Antonio's military bases into a single entity. On October 1, 2010, Lackland joined Fort Sam Houston and Randolph Air Force Base to form Joint Base San Antonio, one of 12 joint bases created nationwide under the 2005...

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