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  • Airman Joshua Olesen, 365th Training Squadron instrument flight control systems apprentice course graduate, left, receives his completion of training certificate at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. (Courtesy photo)

    Washington State Native ACEs technical training with 100 percent scores

    The first ACE award for his instructor and another great example for Sheppard to show the world that excellence does run in the blood of our Airmen. Our Airmen are excellent, but not every excellent Airman receives an ACE award, to go above and beyond excellent and ACE the technical training course well, there isn't even really a right word for it! Superb? Magnificent? Perfect? Let's just call it another day in the life of this Airman.
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. Josh Gunderson takes over as the new F-22 Demonstration Team pilot and commander, Jan. 21, 2020, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. Gunderson, who goes by the callsign “Cabo,” will lead the 14-member demo team for both the 2020 and 2021 show seasons.

    Gunderson becomes 3rd ENJJPT grad to lead F-22 Demo Team

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Josh Gunderson takes over as the new F-22 Demonstration Team pilot and commander, Jan. 21, 2020, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. Gunderson, who goes by the callsign “Cabo,” will lead the 14-member demo team for both the 2020 and 2021 show seasons.
  • Airman Jacob Sager, 365th Training Squadron avionics apprentice course graduate, poses for a photo at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 16, 2019. Sager earned the ACE award for getting perfect scores on all his performance checks and tests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Pedro Tenorio)

    La Grange, N.C., native ACEs avionics course

    Airman Jacob Sager, 365th Training Squadron avionics systems apprentice course graduate, scored 100 percent scores on all his performance checks and tests during his 94 day (794 hours) of technical training and earned the ACE award. An impressive feat for anyone who has seen the training books.
  • WFISD students, Mayor Stephen Santellana, Wichita Falls City council members,and Sheppard Air Force Base leadership pose for a photo at the Memorial Auditorium in Wichita Falls, Texas, Jan. 7, 2020. Back row, from left to right,Col. Russel Driggers, 80th Flying Training Wing commander, and Col. Kenyon Bell, 82nd Training Wing commander, joined with Santellana and the Wichita Falls community to kick off the 2020 Census event for the Wichita Falls count phase. The event's slogan was "everyone counts." (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Pedro Tenorio)

    Wichita Falls community launches 2020 Census

    The 2020 Census Launch event in downtown Wichita Falls kicked off on Jan. 7, 2020, on the front steps of Memorial Auditorium. Sheppard AFB leadership joined Mayor Stephen Santellana, the Wichita Falls City Council and area community leaders.
  • COLONEL KENYON K. BELL

    President nominates Bell, Driggers for first star

    President Donald J. Trump nominated Col. Kenyon K. Bell, 82nd Training Wing commander, and Col. Russell D. Driggers, 80th Flying Training Wing commander, on Dec. 20, 2019, for appointment to brigadier general.
  • GAF chief of staff returns to Sheppard

    GAF chief of staff returns to place where flying career began

    German air force Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhertz earned his wings as a graduate of the 80th Flying Training Wing’s Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program in the late 1980s and returned Dec. 13, 2019, to visit program, graduation.
  • T-38 Talon static display installed at Sheppard AFB Main Gate

    Work on new 'front door' to Sheppard continues at Main Gate

    The more than $8 million Main Gate construction project at Sheppard AFB continues to push forward with a significant visual component going into place in November when a T-38 Talon static display was mounted on a pedestal. The project is scheduled to be complete in April 2020.

  • Safety program IDs 159 vehicles with recalls during review

    The 82nd Training Wing Safety Office hosted a team from the National Safety Council’s “Check To Protect” Campaign in November, a first in the Air Force. Of the 700 vehicles scanned, 159 total safety recalls were discovered.
  • A Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program student pilot, simulates flying a T-6 Texan II in a Operational Flight Training simulator at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 10, 2019. The OFT can be used for multiple simulations as it has both the flight-deck simulator and a 360 field of view. It is also made in a way that tricks the users brain to make them feel as if they are actually turning, going up, etc.. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Pedro Tenorio)

    Sheppard in Photos

    Sheppard in Photos is BACK!! We still have been training and inspiring, but now with more pilots
  • Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Airmen receive non-judicial punishment under Articles 15.

    4 Airmen violate UCMJ, receive non-judicial punishment

    Four Sheppard AFB Airmen received Articles 15 in November for violations of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice.
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