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.

It is the only site for USAF and United States Space Force enlisted Basic Military Training (BMT).

[2] JBSA was established in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission.

United States Air Force Department of Defense National Security Agency Lackland AFB hosts a collection of vintage military aircraft on static display on its parade grounds as part of the USAF Airman Heritage Museum, including a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, B-29 Superfortress, C-121 Constellation, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a B-25 Mitchell.

Each squadron also has a specific exercise area where basic trainees conduct physical readiness training (PRT).

In October 2008 the BMT was expanded an extra two weeks to implement more air base defense training as well as other rudimentary skills.

Construction on Lackland Air Force Base began on 15 June 1941, and it was originally part of Kelly Field.

Then the cadets were taught to apply their knowledge practically by teaching them aeronautics, deflection shooting, and thinking in three dimensions.

Temporary facilities, to include 129 "I dormitories", were hastily erected as a quick fix to replace tents cities housing recruits.

This was the same length as the program used by the Army Air Forces when Lackland opened as a basic training base 20 years before.

Training requirements also expanded to include teaching English to Allied military members from foreign countries.

Eventually six full-size dormitories, and two 600-person facilities, were constructed, enabling excess space to be converted to classroom use.

Receiving the Defense Secretary's approval on 21 July, the Air Force directed the Corps of Engineers to proceed with construction.

In addition to the main facility, Lackland operated an AN/FPS-14 Gap Filler site: In 1965, AN/FPS-20A was upgraded to an AN/FPS-91A radar, then in 1969 it was modified to an AN/FPS-66A.

From the end of the Cold War, Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) actions in the 1990s relocated several specialized training programs at Lackland.

The portion of the former Kelly AFB still under USAF control is now known as Lackland AFB/Kelly Field Annex and its permanently based flying units include the Air Force Reserve Command's (AFRC) 433d Airlift Wing, an Air Mobility Command (AMC)-gained unit flying the C-5 Galaxy and the 149th Fighter Wing of the Texas Air National Guard, an AETC-gained unit flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

[citation needed] In addition, with the closure of Kelly AFB, Lackland gained the section of base known as Security Hill.

With the exception of a few buildings most of the old Kelly air base including the housing has been turned over to civilian jurisdiction.

John A. Chapman[20] Lackland Air Force Base CDP is a census-designated place (CDP) covering the permanent residential population of the Lackland Air Force Base in Bexar County, Texas, United States.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency See also: List of museums in Central Texas