The Air Force Basic Military Training (BMT) is approximately 8.5 weeks long and is structured into a specific timeline with various training segments.
This duration is designed to transition recruits from civilians into Airmen, focusing on physical conditioning, military discipline, Air Force core values, basic warfare principles, and skills.
Air Force Basic Training Schedule and Activities
Week 0 – Activities and Requirements
- First week briefing
- 737th Training Group/Commander (CC)/Superintendent (CCC) briefing
- Clothing, running shoe, and equipment issue
- Dorm and drill basics
- Haircuts
- Coping with BMT
- Health, morale, and welfare
- Immunization and blood draw
- Initial Base Exchange (BX) issue
- Initial phone call
- Pay setup
- Physical training
- Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)
Week 1 – Activities and Requirements
- Reporting and saluting procedures
- Entry control procedures
- Medical and dental appointments
- Fitness and nutrition briefing
- Educational benefits briefing (Montgomery GI Bill/Post 9/11)
- ID card issue
- Individual and flight drill
- Dorm/recruit living area preparation
- Air Force rank insignia recognition
- Weapon issue and familiarization
- Human relations and cultural sensitivity
- Air Force initial PT assessment
- Airmen’s Time
- Commander’s arrival briefing
- Dress and appearance check
- Physical training
- Immunizations
- Introduction to classroom procedures
- Military entitlements and educational opportunities
- Suicide awareness and prevention
- Chapel guide meeting
Week 2 – Activities and Requirements
- Career guidance
- Air Force History and Organization
- Airmen’s Time—Flight commander team building (“which side”)
- Airmen’s Time—P2 debriefing
- Drill practice
- Profession of arms
- Chapel guide meeting
- A new beginning
- “What Now Airman?”—Sign the form
- Human relations and basic situational awareness
- Open ranks/D&A progress check
- Weapon handling and maintenance
- Professional interpersonal interactions
- Physical training
- Recruit living area appraisal and evaluation
Week 3 – Activities and Requirements
- Second clothing issue (service uniform)
- Dress and appearance inspection
- Interview sessions
- 3 Week of Training (WOT) PT appraisal
- Airmen’s Time
- Airmen’s Time—P2 debriefing
- Basic leadership and character development
- Chapel guide meeting
- Cyber awareness
- Drill
- Weapons handling and maintenance
- Professional Airman development
- Resilience training
- “What Now Airman?”—Extra duty
- Healthy lifestyle and adaptation training
- Public relations and media awareness
- Trafficking in persons awareness training
- Warrior role development
Week 4 – Activities and Requirements
- Airmen’s Time
- Airmen’s Time—Flight commander team building (“copycat”)
- Base liberty briefing
- Chapel guide meeting
- Haircuts
- Drill
- “What Now Airman?”—Big brother
- Physical training
- Base referral agencies overview
- Career progression and quality of life training
- Environmental awareness
- Financial readiness
- Joint ethics training
- Military citizenship training
- Sexually transmitted diseases awareness
- Sexual Assault Prevention and Reporting (SAPR) training
- Recruit living area appraisal
- Antiterrorism/force protection level 1
Week 5 – Activities and Requirements
- Airmen’s Time
- Airmen’s Time—FC team building (“box score”)
- Balance and mission role development
- Warrior ethos training
- “What Now Airman?”—Relationships
- Military skills progress check
- Physical training
- Weapons progress check
- Individual portraits and flight photos
- Second boot issue
- Recruit living area progress check
- Combat stress recovery
- Introduction to Air Force combatives
- Introduction to Code of Conduct
- Joint operations training
- Law of Armed Conflict training
- Mental preparation for combat
- Principles of first aid training
- Drill progress check
Week 6 – Activities and Requirements
- Computer-based training/Air Force portal familiarization
- Written test
- Physical Training (PT) evaluation
- Air and Space Expeditionary Force and pre-deployment briefing
- Air Force fitness program
- Airmanship core value briefing
- Airmen’s Time—Flight commander team building (“self-assessment”)
- Hometown news release
- Chemical, Biological, Radiation, and Nuclear (CBRN) defense
- Drill
- Leadership and followership training
- “What Now Airman?”—Help wanted
- Foundational Expeditionary Skills Training (FEST)
- Open ranks/D&A progress check
- Chapel guide meeting
Week 7 – Activities and Requirements
- Physical training
- Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training (BEAST)/zone orientation
- Blood donor program
- Combat Arms Training and Maintenance (CATM)
- Combatives applications (pugil sticks training)
- Creating Leaders, Airmen, and Warriors (CLAW) field exercises
- Deployment line processing/equipment issue
- SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) video
- Mission field exercises
- Refresher drills (FEST, first aid, UCC, PAR)
- Zone teardown/remediation
- Drill
Week 8 – Activities and Requirements
- Physical training
- Airmen’s Time
- “What Now Airman?”—Celebration
- Risk awareness (“risky business”)
- Haircuts
- Orders pickup/tech training school briefing
- Commander’s departure briefing
- Town pass briefing
- Base liberty
- Open house
- Town pass
- Airman’s Run
- Airman’s Coin and formal retreat ceremony
- Airman’s Parade
- Graduation
This schedule outlines the typical progression of training and activities that recruits undergo during their time at BMT
However, specific durations and structures for training programs, including BMT, can be subject to change based on the needs of the Air Force and evolving training objectives