US Air Force requested to bring back mandatory flu shots weeks before basic training outbreak

A worsening flu outbreak among recruits attending basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, began earlier this month while an Air Force request to reinstate a mandatory flu shot ...

Air Force unit in Texas faces flu outbreak weeks after vaccine requirement dropped

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at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas have fallen ill with the flu in the weeks since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rescinded the vaccine mandate, sources familiar confirmed ...

Air Force confirms first death in Lackland flu outbreak, Rep. Castro says

A flu bug has swept the ranks of recruits at San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base, the service's basic training hub. Nearly ...
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Base hit with flu outbreak after Hegseth lifts vaccine rules

Texas Air Force base hit with flu outbreak infecting nearly 160 troops after Hegseth lifts vaccine requirement: report - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon was canceling what he cal ...

A 25-Year-Old Air Force Recruit Died from the Flu. The Blood is on Pete Hegseth's Hands.

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 ...

Air Force Outbreak Grows As Military Reinstates Flu-Shot Rule For Recruits

The reversal comes as cases climb at Lackland Air Force Base, part of Joint Base San Antonio in Texas, and the Air Force's main basic training hub. The case count reached 275 as o ...