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  • 82 FSS earns first-ever Hennessy Award

    The 82nd Force Support Squadron's Food Service Operation here has won the Hennessy Award for the first time in the 57-year history of the award.The Hennessy Award, which began in 1956 as an Air Force-wide recognition of food service excellence and professionalism, is part of the Hennessy Travelers

  • Cooperation among fire departments in Wichita Falls and Sheppard AFB

    The Sheppard Fire Department's primary area of responsibility is within the confines of the base gates, but that doesn't stop them from assisting civil authorities during off-base emergencies. When a brush fire on Lenore Road less than two miles from Sheppard's main gate May 13 filled the base with

  • SOSC awards $37K in college scholarship grants

    The Sheppard Officers' Spouses' Club (SOSC) held its annual Scholarships Dinner May 11, awarding $37,000 in college scholarship grants to 11 recipients.The following individuals were awarded scholarships:Jodi Bruce, Spouse, Wayland Baptist University, $3,500 scholarship Caleb Brumley, Wichita

  • Boston 'Fun Run' Marathon inspires participants

    A run to support the victims of the tragedy at the Boston Marathon this year was held here May 15 by the 366th Training Squadron and 82nd Medical Operations Squadron booster clubs. The event was a marathon to honor the victims that were injured and killed in the Boston bombing that left three people

  • SF honors fallen comrades during National Police Week

    The 82nd Security Forces Squadron commemorated National Police Week by participating in the Wichita Falls Police memorial held at the department headquarters on Holiday Street May 13.Standing with officers from the Wichita Falls Police Department, Wichita County Sheriff's Department, Texas state

  • BASH Group works to reduce bird strikes

    The Bird Animal Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Working Group at Sheppard Air Force Base has been working constantly to reduce the number of bird and animal strikes by aircraft. The BASH Working Group includes many base agencies and has been a part of Sheppard for many years, but the addition of Tedd

  • New lateral drift trainer improves safety for ENJJPT students

    The 82nd Training Wing's Aerospace Medicine Squadron here recently finished building a new lateral drift trainer to aid in undergraduate pilot training for the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program."The lateral drift trainer helps to improve the training we give the new student pilots," said

  • AiT twins bring new meaning to the word "Wingman"

    Two brothers who are students at the 363rd Training Squadron here share a common trait that is rare. Both of them are twins and go to the same tech school. They went to Basic Military Training together and are also going to the same base once they graduate. All of these occurrences together embody

  • T-56 turbo prop student at 361 TRS earns ACE award

    The ACE award plaque at the 361st Aerospace Propulsion Flight added a new name for the T-56 apprentice course for the first time since 2011.With the award, Staff Sgt. Brian Taylor is one of only 20 students in a nearly two-decade stretch to receive the honor.Earned by maintaining a perfect 100