Integrated Training Outtakes - Paul Schaefer Collection (1977)

While women have served in the United States Air Force since 1948, the branch did not accept women recruits on an equal basis with men recruits until 1976. This news footage for San Antonio’s KMOL-TV (now WOAI-TV), produced the following year, captures men and women recruits at Lackland Air Force Base for Basic Military Training (BMT). After lunch, the recruits learn how to properly fold and store their undergarments. All Air Force BMT is conducted at the Texas base, known as the “Gateway to the Air Force.”