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  • Team Sheppard welcomes new 80th command chief

    Chief Master Sergeant Doreen Losacco is the new command chief for the 80th Flying Training Wing. She landed at Sheppard Air Force Base about ten days ago and joins us from the 422nd Air Base Group, 501st Combat Support Wing, Royal Air Force Croughton, United Kingdom.Chief Losacco brings 24 years of

  • 'Street Smart' back at base theater March 21

    Once again the 82nd Training Wing Safety office is pleased to host "Street Smart" in 2013. The event will take place on March 21 at the base theater, building 840. There will be two scheduled sessions for maximum participation.  The first will be at 8 a.m. and the second session will be at 1:30

  • 65th ENJJPT Steering Committee to run here March 18-22

    The 80th Flying Training Wing is hosting the 65th Steering Committee meeting here for the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program March 18-22.The ENJJPT mission is unique in it is the only internationally-manned and managed pilot training program in the world. Thirteen partnering NATO nations

  • Sheppard TV live: 82nd TRW 'Drill-Down" Friday March 8 at 3:55 p.m.

    The 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs office will live stream broadcast the 82nd Training Wing's "Drill-Down" live on the Sheppard TV UStream channel from the Sheppard parade field on Friday March 8, beginning at 3:55 p.m.The "Drill-Down" features the best in squad drill competition featuring each

  • ENJJPT Hall of Fame inducts Canadian sponsors

    Col. (Ret) Dennis Marquardt and his wife Peg were honored here March 5 as the eighteenth inductees into the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the 80th Flying Training Wing headquarters.The ENJJPT Hall of Fame, established in 1993, honors men and women in the

  • Innovative teaching idea saves Air Force $1.1 million

    An idea by the 982nd Training Group to make formal military instructor training available at field training detachments has saved the Air Force over $1.1 million in temporary duty expenditures so far in fiscal year 2013..The FTD version of the Principles of Instruction course, or POI, was

  • Cycling and saving

    As the silent hum of a motor thrums and cuts through the brisk air, a figure clad in protective gear and a black helmet revs up a gear. The bike goes through a field, kicking up fields of weeds as the wheels bump upon the uneven dirt surface. This bike, an all-electric one, and the man behind it,

  • HAWC helps clients improve cardiovascular fitness

    For those individuals at Sheppard who might need a bit of assistance in the running department, the base Health and Wellness Center might be able to help with a program that aims to help improve cardiovascular fitness. The Running Improvement Program, designed to increase running form and cardio,

  • 363rd TRS student epitomizes C3 ideals with money-saving idea

    After putting a suggestion down on paper about how the 82nd Medical Group could recycle crutches at the base Trainee Health Clinic, an Airman-in-Training at the 363rd Training Squadron has seen his idea turn into a new money-saving process. Airman Carl Cox, currently in training as a munitions

  • AF selects 13 Sheppard Airmen for promotion to E-8

    Thirteen Sheppard master sergeants were selected for promotion to senior master sergeant here at Sheppard Air Force base. The Air Force released the list of 1,367 master sergeants selected for promotion to senior master sergeant Feb. 28. According to Air Force Personnel Center officials, those