The outbreak comes weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said flu vaccination was no longer mandatory for service members. More than 150 are reported ill.

A flu bug has swept the ranks of recruits at San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base, the service's basic training hub. Nearly 300 are said to have been infected.

A worsening flu outbreak among recruits attending basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, began earlier ...

Air Force’s 37th Training Wing reports the death of basic trainee Keon McDaniel after a June 12 medical emergency during week six of BMT. Cause remains under investigation as a full medical review ...

Follow new Air Force recruits from their initial check-in at San Antonio International Airport to daily routines, dormitory life, and the start of their basic military training at Joint Base San ...