
US AIR FORCE I was inducted into the USAF on February 12, 1956 and was flown to Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas for boot camp. I flew on a TWA Constellation,; the first time ever flying. In 1956 the Air Force was still using an 11 week bootcamp, so there I was. We were not allowed off base during that time so I had virtually no social life other than drills, class, eating and sleeping (though not too much). Most of my memories are of a rifle range, a bivouac and marching. The Air Force had not learned that we were not part of the army any more! I took a battery of written tests to determine what school I should attend after boot camp. I only had one altercation with another airman. It turned out the taller airmen were selected to be kind of "in charge"(quite a system). On this particular day we had been on a march and were tracking in dirt to the barracks (about 50 people). The "leader" decided I was his prey for the day and "ordered" me to clean the s...