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  • Christmas In Action

    When word got out that the community could use some helping hands from Sheppard for the annual Christmas in Action program, Staff Sgt. Jason Bales, an instructor at the 360th Training Squadron, jumped at the chance to be a team captain for a house in Burkburnett that desperately needed renovation.

  • Guardsman teaching Guardsmen

    The 82nd Training Wing is responsible for training more than 70,000 Airmen each year, including active duty, Reserve and Guard Airmen. When the Air National Guard requested an additional class to train more armament Airmen, the total-force concept came into play for the 363rd Training Squadron to

  • 80th Quarterly Award winners

    The 80th Flying Training Wing recognizes its winners of the quarterly awards. The winners are as follows: -Airman 1st Class Carlos Morales, 80th Operation Support Squadron, won the Dorm Room of the Quarter award. -Senior Airman Domer Gabriel, 89th Flying Training Squadron, won the Airman of the

  • White House honors Sheppard recycling program

    The 82nd Civil Engineering Squadron recently won the 2009 White House Closing the Circle Award in the Recycling-Military category and will receive a certificate signed by the president. The national-level award recognizes outstanding achievements of federal employees and their facilities for efforts

  • Sheppard officials test synthetic fuels

    The Air Force Petroleum Agency is finalizing preparations for field testing of a 50/50 blend of JP-8 and synthetic jet fuel at the 364th Training Squadron fuels training complex here. Alternative Fuels Certification Office officials at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, said synthetic fuel blend

  • Quarterly Awards Winners

    The 82nd Training Wing recognizes its winners of the Wing quarterly awards. The winners are as follows: -1st Lt. Daniel Chavez, 882nd Training Group, won the Company Grade Officer award. -Senior Master Sgt. Rebecca Brauer, 82nd TRW Wing Staff Agency, won the Senior NCO award. -Tech. Sgt. Lester

  • Sheppard prepares for possible flu breakout

    With two confirmed cases of swine flu in San Antonio, Sheppard public health officials are urging personnel here to take preventative measures now to prevent a spread of the new strain here. Although there have not been any reported cases close to Sheppard, the potential exists because Sheppard

  • Holocaust Luncheon

    Walking into the Sheppard Club a solemn, heartrending atmosphere met almost 300 attendees to the Holocaust luncheon April 23. Guests entered a room walking through a wooden wall with a passage way that lead into a room of disquieting displays linked together by simulated barbed wire. While viewing