Lackland Air Force Base

Lackland Air Force Base
Part of Joint Base San Antonio
Bexar County, Texas
Military Training Instructors and trainees participating in the Basic Military Training graduation parade.
KSKF Location of Lackland Air Force Base
Coordinates	29°23′17″N 98°37′15″W / 29.3880°N 98.6207°W / 29.3880; -98.6207
Type	Air Force Base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	United States Air Force
Controlled by	Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
Website	www.basictraining.af.mil
Site history
Built	1941
In use	1941–present
Garrison information
Garrison	802d Mission Support Group
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: SKF, ICAO: KSKF, FAA LID: SKF
Elevation	211 m (691 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 16/34 3,520 m (11,550 ft) Concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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).

Lackland AFB is part of Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), an amalgamation of Fort Sam Houston, Randolph AFB and Lackland AFB, which were merged on 1 October 2010.^[2] JBSA 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.