Air Force Airman Benjamin P. Leighton has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

During six weeks of training, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and courtesies; performed drill and ceremony marches; and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, and special training in human relations.

Leighton is the son of Peter and Darlene Leighton of Princeton and a 2005 graduate of Woodland Junior-Senior High School in Baileyville.