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June 30, 2020
Metals tech training the foundation for NCO's innovative success

Tech. Sgt. Ryan McBride, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the 19th Maintenance Squadron’s metals technology shop at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, was on the right side of a success story when his idea to have a C-130J Super Hercules hydraulic pump bracket fabricated using 3D printing technology
March 11, 2020
Hurry: Producing highly qualified, skilled Airmen key to AF logistics mission

Brig. Gen. Linda Hurry, Director of Logistics for the Air Force, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection at the Pentagon responsible for organizing, training and equipping the Air Force’s logisticians who maintain and support missions, said during a visit to Sheppard
Feb. 12, 2020
2020 to be pivotal year in transformation of maintenance, logistics training

As the Air Force continues to evolve to meet the challenges of a constantly evolving, Information Age global security environment, the 82nd Training Wing is working to transform maintenance and logistics technical training to deliver the Airmen who will form the heart of that future force.
Feb. 4, 2020
Logistics officer course tests new thesis-style capstone event

The 363rd Training Squadron's Maintenance Officer Intermediate Course at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, which hosts aircraft maintenance and munitions officers, is upping its game by transforming and experimenting with how experienced logisticians are trained on complex logistics principles as well
Nov. 21, 2019
Faculty Development taking evolutionary steps in the classroom

The 82nd Training Wing Faculty Development Flight’s Basic Instructor Course in Bldg. 920 is heading down a path, where students are able to collaborate in an evolutionary educational workspace.
Aug. 14, 2019
82nd TRW faculty development tests avatar-based counseling platform

The 82nd Training Wing Faculty Development Flight is jumping on board the technology train to teach new technical training instructors an old technique in a tried-and-true, yet innovative way – simulation. Basic Instructor Course students are provided an overview of the technology they are about to
May 15, 2019
365th TRS rides the AF innovation wave

Air Force leadership has made a call to action for Airmen to get innovative – to get creative, to take risks, to utilize all their skills and be unafraid to fail.
April 30, 2019
359th TRS NDI Tech. Training slated to introduce Computed Radiography to curriculum

Starting in August 2019, the 359th Training Squadron Detachment 1 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, will implement a new type of radiography training for their Nondestructive Inspection Airmen.
Feb. 14, 2019
Donovan: Readiness, force lethality begins with training

Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew P. Donovan, the second highest ranking civilian in the Department of the Air Force, visited Sheppard on Feb. 14, 2019, to see how the Air Force’s largest and most diverse technical and undergraduate pilot training base is employing technology to train today’s
Dec. 17, 2018
Airmen take advantage of virtual reality paint booths

Members of the 359th Training Squadron’s Detachment 1 recently installed two 3-D virtual reality paint trainers in their schoolhouse, which graduates about 1,200 Airmen annually in the aircraft structural maintenance, low observable aircraft structural maintenance and non-destructive inspection

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