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  • DoD Notified of OPM Cybersecurity Incident

    The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced today a recent cybersecurity incident affecting its systems and data may have exposed the personal information of current and former federal employees.According to a Defense Department news release, OPM subsequently notified federal government

  • Sheppard takes on new courses for AFLOS

    Sheppard's first class of 28 Logistics Readiness Officer Course students graduated here the end of May 2015.The Logistics Readiness Officer Course and the Intermediate Logistics Readiness Officer Course, previously taught at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, relocated to the Air Force

  • 90th Flying Training Squadron earns AETC Top Operations Squadron

    Air Education and Training Command deliberated over requirements, facilities, inspections and performance during the selection process before announcing the 90th Flying Training Squadron, 80th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard Air Force Base as the Top Operations Squadron Award winner, Flying Training

  • Respect, honor, remember: 82nd SFS honors Nat’l Police Week

    A black strip of tape over a police officer's badge might seem strange to some, but for those who wear the badge, it symbolizes something of great significance.The 82nd Security Forces Squadron honored their defenders and fellow civilian law enforcement in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas, during a

  • Maintaining your honor

    During the evening of September 10, 1966, in the skies above Hanoi, Vietnam, two Air Force pilots ejected from their F-4 Phantom II over hostile territory after it was wounded by a surface to air missile.U.S. Air Force retired Colonels Bernard Talley and Douglas Peterson evaded the North Vietnamese

  • Sheppard Fire receives new engine

    The 82nd Training Wing Fire Department received a new P-22 engine and welcomed it to the fleet with a traditional housing ceremony, May 8, 2015.Using vehicles to help fight fires, dates back to an era when firefighters had horse-drawn wagons - what we today call fire trucks. Horses were only able to

  • Sheppard receives AETC's first spatial disorientation flight trainer

    A stone pillar etched with the names of 34 Army Air Corps officers stands outside the Museum of North Texas History in Wichita Falls, Texas. It is a silent testament to the risk inherent in aviation and to the courage of its early pioneers - all 34 gave their lives during pilot training operations