37th Training Wing Fact Sheet
Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is home to the 37th Training Wing (TRW), the largest training wing in the U.S. Air Force. We have a rich history of refueling the world’s greatest Air Force with trained and prepared Airmen ready to answer our nation’s call. Also known as the “Gateway to the Air Force,” the 37th TRW is home to four groups and one academy, each with a training mission.
Our mission includes basic military training of all enlisted recruits entering the Air Force, Space Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard; technical training for a wide array of career fields and functions; English language training for international military personnel attending the Defense Language Institute’s in-residence campus and abroad through mobile training teams; and specialized training for our Latin American partner nation students that is conducted in Spanish by active-duty Airmen at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy.
Vision: To be the training standard of excellence.
Our vision embodies our Air Force Core Values and reflects what we want to achieve and deliver as an organization: training executed at a level of excellence that produces competent, capable, and professional American Airmen ready to serve and protect our nation at home and abroad. We are developing better citizens for the world.
Mission: Build and develop disciplined and dynamic Airmen, Guardians, Partners and Allies trusted to secure tomorrow.
- The Inter-American Air Forces Academy builds partnerships across the Americas by delivering technical, aircrew, and professional military education in Spanish. The Academy fosters peace, democratic values, good governance, human rights, and effective joint and interagency operations within partner nation military and security forces.
- The 937th Training Group trains 16 enlisted and 3 officer Air Force medical specialties, offering over 69 formal courses across the U.S. to develop medical professionals ready to serve anytime, anywhere. The Group oversees the Clinical Training and Phase II Program, conducted at medical facilities nationwide in accordance with Defense Health Agency, Department of the Air Force, and state directives.
- The 737th Training Group generates 100% of the Air Force and Space Force enlisted Airmen and Guardians during 7.5-weeks. As the sole Department of the Air Force location entrusted with this mission, Basic Military Training transforms civilians into professional, resilient service members through a curriculum grounded in foundational competencies.
- The 37th Training Group provides technical training across 18 Air Force specialties from coast to coast to Airmen, Guardians, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, international students, and Military Working Dogs. As the Executive Agent for the MWD program, the 341st Training Squadron delivers all Department of Defense training for MWDs, trainers and kennel masters.
- The 637th Training Group, also known as the Defense Language Institute English Language Center, delivers English language training and cultural immersion to U.S. and international students, as well as U.S. Army and Coast Guard pre-Basic Combat Training trainees. As the Executive Agent for English language training, the “Gateway to America” supports over 3,500 students annually worldwide.