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  • Volunteers Victim Advocates for Sexual Assault Prevention and Response

    The Sheppard Sexual Assault Prevention and Response team is looking for people to become Volunteer Victim Advocates. Volunteer Victim Advocates are critical to the success of the SAPR program.  Individuals selected to become a VVA will receive 40-hours of formal academic training, National

  • Cover of darkness: student pilots fly at night

    As most people leave work for the day, members of the 80th Flying Training Wing here are just getting started for a unique segment of their training, night flying.Students and instructor pilots alike take to the skies under the cover of darkness to fly multiple sorties several weeks over North Texas

  • Perfection for propulsion student

    An Airman here achieved perfection Oct. 10, 2014, when she was presented an ACE award during graduation.Airman Cheyenne Lanham, a 361st Training Squadron aerospace propulsion graduate from Portland, Ore., has earned the ACE award by maintaining a 100 percent average throughout seven blocks of

  • Short-term instructors encourage students, climb mountain

    Two enlisted professional military education instructors from the regular Air Force graduated two NCO Academy flights here Oct. 9, through temporary duty assignment at the Paul H. Lankford Enlisted PME Center.Master Sgt. Jason Ramon and Tech. Sgt. Michael Hubbard served on short-term duty with the

  • 80th FTW opens barbershop

    Sometimes finding time to accomplish even the most seemingly miniscule task can be a hassle, but now that the 80th Flying Training Wing has its very own barbershop, getting a haircut will be an easy check off the to-do list.Air Force Instruction 36-2903 chapter three, lists the hair grooming

  • Hydraulics student earns ACE award

    Self-discipline and hard work paid off for an Airman with the 364th Training Squadron Oct. 1, 2014, when he was presented with an ACE award.The ACE award is given to students who maintain a 100 percent GPA on every block test in their curriculum. Airman 1st Class Timothy Millard aced all five block

  • Energy Action Month spotlights Airmen impacting operations

    October is Energy Action Month throughout the federal government. In the Air Force, Energy Action Month is the centerpiece of the "I am Air Force Energy" campaign to educate Airmen on ways they can maximize their energy efficiency and mission effectiveness.The Service launched its month-long series

  • Sheppard awards $15 million in energy projects

    The base awarded $15 million at the end of this fiscal year to support energy conservation projects over the next twelve months.As Sheppard continues to promote and support a Cost Conscious Culture, these funds will maximize eight large projects designed to reduce utility consumption costs by more

  • Smokin’ Aces: One class, two perfectionists

    The saying "great minds think alike" proved to be true for two students in the munitions systems apprentice course.Airmen 1st Class Michael Thomas and Lee Milligan both received ACE awards Sept. 23, 2014, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.The ACE award is the highest academic honor a student can