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  • 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

  • 982 TRG Airmen is "Wingman of Choice" for May 13-17

    Airman 1st Class Christian Leon, a knowledge operations manager with the 982nd Training Group, has been selected as the 82nd Training Wing commanders "Wingman of Choice" for May 13-17.The 82nd Training Wing "Commander's Wingman of Choice" award program is the commander's way of acknowledging Airmen

  • Joint Warrior Challenge to be held Sat. May 18; 365 TRS defending champs

    Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines will help celebrate Armed Forces Week here by participating in the Joint Warrior Challenge May 18 at the base track.The day kicks off at 7 a.m. with an opening ceremony and then goes straight into the events, concluding around 1 p.m.Events include the battle

  • Run for Boston Marathon May 15

    This coming Wednesday on May 15 at 5:00 PM, there will be a "Run for Boston" memorial and fundraiser at the Sheppard 1-mile track. It is an event that is being put on to honor and raise money for the 282 victims of the Boston Marathon bombing that occurred on April 15. There is no cost to

  • 372 TRS F-16 avionics MTT goes to South Korea

    A three-person mobile training team from the 372nd Training Squadron returned stateside May 11 after a deployment to South Korea providing F-16 avionics systems training to the Republic of Korea Air Force.The training, which began April 26 at Joongwon Air Base in ChungJu, focused on the differences

  • Sheppard is doing its part to conserve water

    Water conservation is a top priority for Sheppard Air Force Base. In 2012, the base responded to a request by the City of Wichita Falls to reduce water consumption by 15 percent. That summer and fall, the base doubled that goal and achieved a 30 percent reduction by August of 2012. According to

  • 982 TRG ITU creates new STARS-FD teaching method

    A new way of training instructor supervisors on the Student Transcript Administration and Records System Faculty Database (STARS-FD) was devised here by the Instructional Technology Unit of the 982nd Maintenance Squadron.STARS-FD is a database that instructor supervisors use to keep track of an

  • 2013 AFAF final results

    The Air Force Assistance Fund (AFAF) raised 115 percent of it's goal at Sheppard. AFAF, one of only two official Air Force fundraisers, is a six-week campaign that aims to provide support to Air Force personnel and their families. The donations collected will go to the Air Force Village, Air Force