Relationships grow between Air Force families

Sophia Tangarife, 2, plays with the Wichita Falls Wildcat mascot during the 3rd Annual Balfour Beatty Communities Ice-Skating Family Day at the Kay Yeagar Coliseum Feb. 27. BBC organizes events like this to give the military families an opportunity to get to know each other. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Candy Miller)

80th FTW presents Annual Awards

Airmen from the 80th Flying Training were presented awards Feb. 26 during the 80th FTW Annual Awards Ceremony at the Sheppard Club. From left to right (bottom row) are Master Sgt. Scott Turner, sponsor and logistics program manager 982nd Maintenance Squadron; Chief Master Sgt. Norman Thierolf, 80th FTW command chief; Maj. Gen. Maurice Forsyth, guest speaker and Air Education and Training Command LeMay Center commander; Airman of the Year Senior Airman Daynesha Bumanglag, 80th Operations Support Squadron; Col. Kevin Schneider, 80th FTW commander; Jill Patterson, sponsor; and Noros Martin, sponsor. From left to right (top row) are Senior NCO of the Year Master Sgt. Kevin Gallemore, 80th OSS; Civilian Category I of the Year Mark Bice, 80 OSS; Instructor Pilot of the Year Capt. Jacob Hostetler, 459th Flying Training Squadron; Company Grade Officer of the Year Maj. Christopher Breffitt, 459th FTS; Field Grade Officer of the Year Maj. Kenneth Cook, 459th FTS; Flight commander of the Year Maj. Stephen Fekete, 89th FTS; Civilian Category II of the Year David Nelson, 80th FTW; Dee Ann Martin, sponsor; and Darren Davis, sponsor. Not Pictured are NCO of the Year Tech. Sgt. Kenyun Willis, 80th FTW, and Civilian Category II of the Year Pamela Glendening, 80th Operations Group.

MSU Mustangs host Military Night

Sheppard Honor Guard presents the colors at the Midwestern State University Women's Basketball Team during Military Night Feb 24. Base participation also included 82nd Training Wing Vice Commander Col. Michael Hake accepting a game ball and Airmen receiving a warm welcome from the MSU Women?s Basketball Team. Sheppard spirit was high during the Lone Star Conference Final as the Women's MSU team won 69-67 and the MSU Men's team overtook the Angelo State Rams with a final score of 105-100. (U.S. Air Force photo/Debi Smith)

ENJJPT host Around the World party

Members of the 80th Flying Training Wing Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program serve food from Spain at the ENJJPT Around the World party at the Community Center Feb. 19. (U.S. Air Force photo/Harry Tonemah)

Gray shares legacy of Buffalo Soldiers

Col. Shawn Harrison, commander of the 82nd Training Group, inspects the Airmen in Training with Lt. Col. David Leazer, 89th Flying Training Squadron operations officer, during the Living Legends Banquet Museum at the Community Center Feb. 19. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Litteken)

Gray shares legacy of Buffalo Soldiers

Airmen in Training wear the uniforms of Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War to the Vietnam War time frame as live models during the Living Legends Banquet Museum at the Community Center Feb. 19. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Litteken)