NCO Academy graduation for class 13-04

Tech. Sgt. Mitzi A. Ebensteiner of the 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., was named the Academic Achievement award winner for NCO Academy Class 13-04 during graduation at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, May 23, 2013. Ebensteiner also garnered a distinguished graduate award during the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

SOSC awards $37K for college scholarships

(Left to right) Leigh Weidman, Sheppard Officers' Spouses Club president and Trish Berube, SOSC 2nd vice president, stand with scholarship recipients Abigail Skipworth, Lisa Prakash (mother of Sora Prakash), Cassiel Dillard, Megan Tideman, Jessica Byrd, Ashley Sissel, Zack McMurry, Marci Cantrell (mother of Brittany Walkingstick), Caleb Brumley and Robert Brumley III during the SOSC's Scholarship Dinner May 11, 2013. The SOSC awarded 11 recipients $37,000 for college scholarships during the dinner at the Sheppard Club. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

372 TRS MTT aids ROKAF F-16 avionics systems maintainers

(left to right) Tech. Sgt. Jaamal MeNefee, 372nd Ttraining Squadron Det 213 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Master Sgt. Marco D. Wilson from the 372 TRS Det 202 at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. and Tech. Sgt. Jason Perrin, 372nd TRS Det 212 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., with unidentified Republic of Korea Air Force personnel at Joongwon Air Base in ChungJu, South Korea in May, 2013. The three airmen were part of a 372nd TRS mobile training team teaching F-16 avionics systems upgrades to the ROKAF. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

82 TRW to change hands

Official photo for Brig. Gen. Scott A. Kindsvater, who is currently stationed in Islamabad, Pakistan as the deputy chief, support/security assistance, Office of Defense Representative-Pakistan, U.S. Central Command. Kindsvater has been named to replace Brig. Gen. Michael Fantini as 82nd Training Wing commander in September, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo)

DeRubbio is 2012 AETC Support Civilian of the Year

Official photo for Albert DeRubbio, 372nd Training Squadron. DeRubbio has been named the 2012 Air Education and Training Command Support Civilian of the Year. (U.S. Air Force photo)

82nd TRW announces quarterly award winners

Brig. Gen. Michael Fantini (back left), 82nd Training Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Eric Johnson (back right), 82nd TRW command chief, stand with the wing's FY13 2nd quarter award winners at the Sheppard Club April 26, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Felton)

Loving is 2012 AETC Airman Instructor of the Year

Staff Sgt. Jordan Loving (right), 361st Training Squadron aircraft metals technology instructor, reviews a tungston inert gas weld exercise with Airman 1st Class Cole Grassmeyer (left), 361st TRS Airman-in-Training, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 25, 2013. Loving was named the 2012 AETC Airman Instructor of the Year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dan Hawkins/Released)

367th TRSS releases first-ever mobile app

Col. David Murphy (fore), 782nd Training Group commander, works with the new mobile app "Torqued" on a tablet device with help from Tech. Sgt. Lisa Parker, 367th Training Support Squadron, during a visit to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, April 18, 2013. “Torqued”, the first major mobile application release by the 367th TRSS' Instructional Training Unit (ITU), was designed to allow Air Force maintainers to calculate complicated torque settings on-the-fly while on the flight line. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Aaron Nelson)

Askew is 2012 AETC Command Post NCO of the Year

Staff Sgt. Greg Askew, 82nd Training Wing command post controller, makes a "Giant Voice" recording at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 18, 2013. Askew was recently named the 2012 Air Education and Training Command NCO of the Year for the command post career field. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dan Hawkins)

Blackwell earns ACE Award

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Blackwell, an Aircraft Fuel Systems apprentice student, works on a fuel tank during training at the 361st Training Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 17, 2013. Blackwell earned the ACE award for finishing the course with a 100 percent academic average. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

RPA armament course graduates first class

Airman Shayne Hughes, 363rd Training Squadron Airmen-in-Training in the new Remotely Piloted Aircraft armament course, conducts a systems check on the MQ-9A Reaper prior to a Hellfire missile upload exercise at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 4, 2013. The RPA armament course will graduate its first students April 8. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dan Hawkins)

RPA armament course graduates first class

Staff. Sgt. Ronel Rivera-Santiago (left fore), 363rd Training Squadron Aircraft Armament Instructor for the new Remotely Piloted Aircraft armament course, gives a lecture to students on how to upload the AGM-114 Hellfire missile to the MQ-9A Reaper during class at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 4, 2013. The RPA armament course will graduate its first students April 8. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dan Hawkins)

80th FTW welcomes new commander

Col. Lance Bunch (right), accepts the 80th Flying Training Wing guidon from Gen. Edward A. Rice, commander of Air Education and Training Command, during the wing's change of command ceremony at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, on March 28, 2013. The 80th FTW is home to the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Felton Joshua)

ALS 13-D graduates 12

Sheppard Air Force Base Airman Leadership School photo for Senior Airman Michael Bae, 82nd Comptroller Squadron. Bae was named Class 13-B's Academic Award winner during ALS graduation March 28, 2013. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

C-130 MTT inspires Royal Thai AF

Members of the 373rd Training Squadron Field Training Detachment 4 from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., pose with their Royal Thai Air Force counterparts from the 601st Airlift Squadron at the conclusion of training March 8, 2013, at Don Muang Air Base, Thailand. The training was part of a month-long C-130 maintenance mobile training team deployment for the Royal Thai Air Force in Bangkok. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

C-130 MTT inspires Royal Thai AF

Tech. Sgt. Micheal Williamson (fore; blue helmet), and Tech. Sgt. Brandon Jackson (in ABU's closest to aircraft), both with the 373rd Training Squadron Field Training Detachment 4 from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., conduct training with the Royal Thai Air Force on a C-130 wing flap installation during February, 2013, at Don Muang Air Base, Thailand. The training was part of a month-long C-130 maintenance mobile training team deployment for the RTAF in Bangkok. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

CMSgt Doreen Losacco

Chief Master Sergeant Doreen Losacco joins Team Sheppard as the new command chief for the 80th Flying Training Wing. She sat down with the 82d TRW Public Affairs office on March 7 for a Q&A session to discuss her background and top priorities. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Kimberly Parker)

6 Sheppard NCOs picked for OTS

Brig. Gen. Michael Fantini (left), 82nd Training Wing commander, congratulates (right to left) Tech. Sgt. Justin Kappenman, 363rd Training Squadron and Staff Sgt. Christopher Moe, 361st Training Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Justin Nichols, 363rd Training Squadron, on their selection for Officer Training School by the rated officer board March 6, 2013. Three other NCOs stationed at 82nd TRW detachments were also selected for OTS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jelani Gibson)

Canadian sponsors inducted into ENJJPT Hall of Fame

Col. (Ret) Dennis Marquardt (3rd from left) and his wife Peg (4th from left) address the audience during the Euro-NATO Jet Pilot Training Program Hall of Fame ceremony at the 80th Flying Training Wing headquarters building at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas on March 5, 2013. The Marquardt's are the 18th inductees into the ENJPPT Hall of Fame. (U.S. Air Force photo/Danny Webb)

Moving instructor training to 982nd TRG dets saves Air Force $1.1 million

Tech. Sgt. Corey Fosque (then Staff Sgt.) (front left), F-22 avionics instructor for the 372nd Training Squadron's Field Training Detachment 18 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., teaches the Principles of Instruction course to security forces personnel in October, 2012. Making the POI course available at 982nd Training Group detachments has saved the Air Force over $1.1 million in approximately five months. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

Klein to retire after 30 years March 1

Official photo for Patsy Klein, 82nd Training Wing Training Operations director. Klein is retiring after 30 years of service March 1, 2013. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

Royal Saudi AF training leader visits Sheppard

Royal Saudi Air Force Maj. Gen. Saeed Muedh Alzahrani, commander of the RSAF Technical Studies Institute, meets with munitions maintenance students from the 363rd Training Squadron on the Sheppard Air Force Base flightline Feb. 21, 2013. Alzahrani visited the base to get a first-hand look at the overall technical training environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Felton)

Local food bank gets help from 82 CONS

From left to right: Senior Airman Andrew Hoffman, Airmen 1st Class Herzyl Legaspi and Steven Galioto, Mark Snyder and Senior Eric Florance, all from the 82nd Contracting Squadron, package food donations at the Wichita Falls Area Food Bank Feb. 16, 2013. The 82nd CONS helped prep over 3,500 pounds of food for those in need. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

Local food bank gets help from 82 CONS

Senior Airman Andrew Hoffman (right) and Mark Snyder, 82nd Contracting Squadron, package food donations at the Wichita Falls Area Food Bank Feb. 16, 2013. The 82nd CONS helped prep over 3,500 pounds of food for those in need. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo