US Air Force requested to bring back mandatory flu shots weeks before basic training outbreak
- Posted on June 24, 2026
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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 requirement axed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegesth wound its way through the Pentagon bureaucracy, according to a defense official and a source familiar with the situation.
