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  • The detriment of distracted driving

    A split second. In a split second, distracted driving can irrevocably change lives for the worse. Airmen are reminded of the responsibility they have to combat distracted driving wherever they can on-base and off. According to official Department of Transportation statistics, in 2012 alone, 3,328

  • 81 Team Sheppard E-6's earn promotion to Master Sgt.

    Team Sheppard had 81 technical sergeants selected for promotion to master sergeant in promotion results released by Air Force officials May 22.Promotion sequence numbers for those selected for master sergeant will commence in August. Promotees from Sheppard are: Tech Sgts. Bryan Anderson, Brett

  • AMMO Airman achieves perfection

    Eagerness to learn and hard work paid off for an Airman as he received the ACE award for making perfect scores in the munitions systems course. Airman 1st Class Kenneth Horlback, 363rd Training Squadron graduate, received the ACE award during graduation May 21, 2014, at Sheppard Air Force Base,

  • Wrenches to Wings: munitions maintainer becomes Eagle pilot

    An Airmen here is well on his way to fulfilling his dream of flying the same eagle he once turned wrenches on through assembling munitions. 2nd Lt. Kyle Wheeler, a Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program graduate, 80th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, once prepared weapons as

  • Sheppard T-38's take on Florida F-15's

    Part of becoming a fighter pilot is learning how to fight. A C-130 Hercules loaded with gear and pilots from the 88th Fighter Training Squadron departed Sheppard in the early hours of May 12, 2014 with five T-38 Talons bound for to Jacksonville, Fla. Through the help of Dyess AFB, Texas and Atlus

  • 82 TRW command chief to hold enlisted all-calls May 29-30

    82nd Training Wing Command Chief Master Sgt. Charles J. Burgess will be holding three mandatory enlisted all-calls May 29-30. The all-calls will be broken down by rank and tier. Dates, times and locations will be as follows:Junior enlisted all-callDay: ThursdayDate: May 29 Time: 1330-1430Location:

  • CGO Professional Development Program hosting Heritage Event May 22

    In a recent visit to Laughlin Air Force Base, Gen. Robin Rand, Air Education and Training Command commander called for all Airmen to remember our heritage."We are warriors, do we talk about that?" said Rand. "Do we talk about our heritage and our legacy? Do we talk about these things with our

  • ALS Class 14-5 graduates; Mudd-Smith takes home Levitow

    Airman Leadership School Class 14-5 graduated 12 Airmen here May 15 during a formal ceremony held at the Sheppard Club.The following individuals excelled in their class and were awarded for their effort during the graduation ceremony:Senior Airman Jasmine Mudd-Smith, 82nd Aerospace Medicine

  • Airman awarded quilt for deployments

    Since 2003, the Quilts of Valor Foundation has been covering service members and veterans touched by war with comforting patchwork. Master Sgt. Brian Booze, 373rd Training Squadron operations manager, was presented a quilt of valor as part of the Quilts of Valor Foundation by his family May 14,

  • 82nd SFS honors National Police Week

    The 82nd Security Forces Squadron honored their defenders and fellow civilian brethren in downtown Wichita Falls during a National Police Week ceremony May 12. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date