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  • Mishap to Glory: T-38 joins airport display

    For a special group of aviators and maintainers stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, leaving a legacy took on a whole new meaning this year.As construction began for the new Wichita Falls airport, the vision of an aviation display energized between city leaders, the Kickapoo Airpark Museum

  • ENJJPT grad identified in Southwest Asia crash

    Air Force officials have confirmed a Shaw Air Force Base F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot died Dec 1 in an aircraft accident in Southwest Asia while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve.The pilot, Capt. William Dubois, 30, graduated from the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program here in 2010 and was

  • Tool to safeguard PII to rollout December

    The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool is scheduled for Air Force-wide integration Dec. 5, providing Microsoft Outlook email users with an interactive, automated virtual assistant to help ensure the security of personally identifiable information."I can't overstate the operational importance of

  • Air Force computer help desk goes virtual

    The Air Force Enterprise Service Desk is going virtual, and Sheppard is stepping up to the changes as it rolls out across the Air Force, which began in late October.Previously any questions regarding unexpected errors took a considerable time in a queue, along with more than 250,000 callers each

  • Sheppard unleashes the BEAST

    Instead of waiting for New Year's Day to start improving yourself, why not start sooner with the new basic exercise and strength training (BEAST) program available here.The BEAST program evolved from the running improvement program that started in 2010, with a major difference."The Running

  • 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