The Pentagon is planning to spend $3 billion on various projects in San Antonio over the next few years, only partly as a result of 2005 Base Realignment and Closure recommendations. The Air Force will break ground next spring on a $900 million Airmen Training Complex at Lackland AFB, on San Antonio's southwest side.
This will be the biggest USAF construction project anywhere for the near future, and by 2014, 20 new structures will be built. They include a dormitory and eight 1,200-person training complexes that will be served by four dining halls to replace the Recruiting, Housing & Training facilities, some of which are around 50 years old.
The project will be paid for by military construction funds, unlike the $1.8 billion in BRAC expenditures planned for Fort Sam Houston for the next three years. Work will begin in the spring after a new basic training course is rolled out at Lackland. The Gateway to the Air Force is already planning to lengthen the training time for enlisted men and women from 6.5 to 8.5 weeks. Those new dorms, dining halls, and training facilities will be a welcome addition for trainees and staff.
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