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  • Saving energy saves money

    It's just early June and Sheppard has hit the 90 degree mark several times already this year. It won't be long before the temperatures hit triple digits. Soon the Sheppard community will be tasking the local electric grid with high demand usage patterns. Now is the time to switch energy-intensive

  • Sheppard council builds relations between communities

    Sheppard and local community leaders met for the Sheppard-area Community Relations Council meeting at the Burkburnett City Hall to discuss upcoming significant events scheduled to occur on the base and within the surrounding area May 25.The Community Relations Council meets quarterly to discuss

  • Emergency family assistance available for on-base disasters

    When a disaster occurs at Sheppard, family members are often left wondering whether their loved ones are safe. To help spouses and family members start looking for support and information, the base establishes the Emergency Family Assistance Control Center to address their needs and help ease some

  • Sheppard volunteers walk the highways

    Instead of taking a Saturday to sit next to the pool or relax and watch movies, 12 Sheppard members walked a two-mile stretch of highway picking up litter scattered by the road, May 22. The group helped clean up a portion of highway, adopted by the Naval School of Health Sciences, located near Lake

  • Vendor Day means business

    Businesses surrounding Sheppard showcased the services they can provide the government as they welcomed Government Purchase Card holders to Vendor Day at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, May 20.Vendor Day is an event where businesses from Wichita Falls and surrounding area come

  • Adjusted hours of operation for exercise

    General Information - All AAFES facilities will be closed until 12 p.m. - During the onset of the exercise, the base gates will close and all traffic movement on and off base will be stopped for two to three hours. - All base personnel will be expected to respond appropriately to the incident. 

  • Joint Warrior Challenge showcases today's young servicemembers

    During a weekend of high winds and high spirits, Team Sheppard mixed Airmen in Training and representatives from the Navy, Army and permanent-party members to compete in the Joint Warrior Challenge at Sheppard's one-mile track May 22.The Joint Warrior Challenge is a physical competition which

  • Sheppard to conduct active shooter exercise

    Sheppard Air Force Base will close its gates for several hours on the morning of June 1 as the base conducts a three-day exercise to test its ability to respond to a major active shooter event. Directed by Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz, commander of Air Education and Training Command, the exercise will

  • Duty, honor, country herald Armed Forces Day

    Sheppard's celebration of Armed Forces Day included a parade and retirement ceremony for one of its members, who served a 30 year career in the Air Force. Brig. Gen. O.G. Mannon, 82nd Training Wing commander, officiated the retirement ceremony of Col. Marcia Rossi, 82nd TRW Director of Staff and