A major flu outbreak has hit Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, less than two months after Pete Hegseth dropped the requirement for flu vaccines.

A flu bug has swept the ranks of recruits at San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base, the service's basic training hub. Nearly ...

Castro says more recruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland are sick with the flu as an outbreak spreads. The Air Force has said little about the outbreak, not even confirming the number ill.

It took less than two months for the DOD to go back to mandating flu vaccines for new recruits, but someone died all the same ...

The outbreak among trainees comes two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the annual flu shot optional for U.S. military personnel.

Dozens of service members at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas have fallen ill with the flu in the weeks since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rescinded the vaccine mandate, sources familiar confirmed ...

Following an influenza outbreak at an Air Force training base, the US military will once again require flu vaccination for military members.

A flu outbreak at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has sickened nearly 160 Air Force recruits, turning a basic training health problem into a national debate over military readiness, vaccine policy, ...

A flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base led to the reinstatement of mandatory flu shots after a recruit's death. The decision follows a controversial policy shift on vaccine mandates.

Fresh off long flights from all over the country, the recruits spilled out of a bus, backpacks in hand, and dashed through the rain toward a reception center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. "Let's ...

U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training trainees stand at attention in front of a military training instructor (MTI) during the Coin and Retreat Ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S ...