The Air Force hopes its recruits will eventually carry real rifles in boot camp, its top enlisted airman said. It recently restarted issuing practice M4 carbines to recruits for their eight-week ...

The U.S. Air Force eventually wants its aspiring recruits to carry real rifles during basic military training, the service’s top enlisted airman said Tuesday. Enlisted trainees for the Air Force ...

The Air Force 's top enlisted leader said there's a desire to let trainees at the service's boot camp carry real rifles, a change that would mirror long-standing norms for other military branches ...

In the 1980s, Ronnie Barrett of Tennessee invented the Barrett Model 82, the first sniper rifle to use a .50-caliber heavy machine gun round, as opposed to a military small arms or hunting round.

The M-16 was designed to take the place of the M-14. The 16 was lighter, fired much faster, and it and its ammunition were much smaller, so a soldier was carrying less weight and thus the soldier ...

Army and Marine recruits are typically issued real rifles during boot camp but are only given ammo during live-firing exercises. Air Force recruits now receive an inert M4 — a gun that's never ...