Lackland AFB

Lackland Air Force Base Joint Base San Antonio
Part of Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
Located in Bexar County, Texas
Military Training Instructors and trainees participating in the Basic Military Training graduation parade.
Coordinates	29°23′17″N 98°37′14″W / 29.388009°N 98.620677°W / 29.388009; -98.620677
Type	Air Force Base
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1941
In use	1941–present
Garrison information
Garrison	802d Mission Support Group

Airfield information
IATA: SKF ICAO: KSKF
Summary
Elevation AMSL	691 ft / 211 m
Coordinates	29°23′03″N 98°34′52″W / 29.38417°N 98.58111°W / 29.38417; -98.58111
Website	www.basictraining.af.mil
Map
KSKF Location of Lackland Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 11,550 3,529 Concrete

Lackland Air Force Base (IATA: SKF, ICAO: KSKF, FAA LID: SKF) is a United States Air Force base located in Bexar County, Texas. 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 entry processing station for Air Force enlisted Basic Military Training (BMT).

Lackland AFB is part of Joint Base San Antonio, an amalgamation of the United States Army Fort Sam Houston, the United States Air Force Randolph Air Force Base and Lackland Air Force Base, which were merged on 1 October 2010. Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), which includes Lackland Air Force Base, was established in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The legislation ordered the consolidation of the three facilities which were adjoining, but separate military installations, into a single joint base – one of 12 joint bases formed in the United States as a result of the law.

Lackland AFB hosts a collection of vintage military aircraft on static display on its parade grounds, 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.