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  • Airman 1st Class Jan Pabon, 363rd Training Squadron munitions system apprentice course student, assembles an MK82 training bomb at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, July 17, 2020. Pabon ACEd the munitions system apprentice course after scoring perfect scores on all seven of the course's block tests. (Courtesy Photo)

    North Carolina native ACEs munitions systems course

    Airman 1st Class Jan Pabon, munitions systems course apprentice course graduate, was awarded the ACE award after scoring perfect scores on all seven block tests.
  • Blue graphic with Master Sergeant stripes, and 20E7 cycle statistics

    113 Sheppard Airmen to promote to master sergeant

    The Air Force selected 113 technical sergeants assigned to Sheppard or one of its geographically separated units for promotion to master sergeant in the 20E7 promotion cycle.
  • Col. John Lofton III addresses small group at change of command

    Lofton returns to Sheppard, takes command of 82nd TRG

    Col. John C. Lofton III took command of the 82nd Training Group on July 15, 2020, during a ceremony at Sheppard. He replaced Col. Michael Donahue II, who held the position for three years.
  • The AFAF has programs that directly benefit U.S. Air Force active duty, guardsmen and reservists, as well as enlisted or officer spouses, immediate family members and veterans. The AFAF has four different funds that anybody can donate to, the Air Force Enlisted Village, LeMay Foundation, Air Force Villages Charitable Foundation and the Air Force Aid Society.(U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Airman 1st Class Cody Dowell/released)

    AFAF campaign resumes July 13-24

    Efforts to raise funds for four Air Force Assistance Fund charities will pick back up July 13, 2020, after a more than two-month hiatus due to the effects of COVID-19. The Sheppard drive will continue from July 13-24.
  • Airmen learn to disassemble and inspect a missile loading adapter

    Photos: Armament training foundation of Air Force bite

    The 363rd Training Squadron is where the Air Force's armament specialists begin their careers, learning the foundations of the career field that gives the service's weapons systems their bite.
  • Sheppard NCOA instructor Tech. Sgt. Eric Partlow talks to a virtual class

    Sheppard NCOA mission doesn't falter amid global pandemic

    The Sheppard AFB NCO Academy launched its first virtual class June 15, 2020, in the face of COVID-19, and the format, although new, is flourishing.
  • Tech. Sgts. Ryan McBride, 19th Maintenance Squadron NCO in charge of metals technology, and Jason Felts, 19th Maintenance Squadron sheet metal production lead, prepare a new 3D printed hydraulic pump bracket for installation at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, June 4, 2020. 3D printing the bracket will make it easier for C-130J maintenance units across the Air Force to obtain the part and eliminate the need to manufacture the part themselves. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jayden Ford)

    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 was realized. While the creation of the part did not happen in a traditional metals technology fashion, it still took a foundational knowledge to be able to envision the product from beginning to end.
  • Sheppard AFB public water system

    Bioenvironmental releases annual water quality report

    A consumer confidence report released by the 82nd Medical Group Bioenvironmental Flight recently shows the water supply serving Sheppard AFB meets or exceeds standards established by the Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Haas addresses in-person, virtual audience during change of command ceremony

    Haas assumes command of 80th FTW

    Col. Robert F. Haas Jr. assumed command of the 80th Flying Training Wing on June 19, 2020 during a change of command ceremony.

  • Air Force senior leaders direct IG review into racial disparity

    On 2 June 2020, Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Raymond directed the Department of the Air Force Inspector General to conduct a review into racial disparity in the Department of the Air Force.
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