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  • International race rides through Sheppard

    About 2000 Sheppard members volunteered to provide rest stops, medical assistance, set-up and teardown support to make the largest international bicycle possible Aug. 29 during the Hotter N' Hell bike race. About 14,200 athletes participated in the race, breaking the records for the number of

  • Air Force Cycling Team rides in HHH

    Thirty-five members of the Air Force Cycling Team visited Sheppard Aug. 29 for the fifth consecutive year participate in the Hotter N' Hell Hundred, the largest annual international bicycle race. The Air Force Cycling Team is made up of cyclists from various Air Force bases that come together to

  • 982nd TRG detachments meet to discuss training

    Detachment commanders and chiefs from the 982nd Training Group's 45 detachments converged on Sheppard for a three-day workshop to become familiar with the groups leadership and to improve the training process. The annual Worldwide Workshop started Aug. 25 to bring all the detachment commanders

  • Sheppard mourns fallen Airman

    Sheppard personnel, the majority being security forces, gathered in the North Chapel Aug. 20 to honor and bid farewell to a wingman, defender and friend, Airman 1st Class Clifford L. Slater, Jr. Assigned to the 82nd Security Forces Squadron, Airman Slater was killed Aug. 15 after being struck by a

  • Sheppard and Altus team up to visit veterans

    Sheppard's Top-3 teamed up with their colleagues from Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Aug. 20 to show veterans their service has not been forgotten when they visited the Veteran's Center, a long-term nursing center in Lawton, Okla. "We have 22 Air Force veterans at the center that don't get to see Air

  • Airmen observe Ramadan

    The Muslims of Sheppard will join more than one billion Muslims in the world Aug. 22 in welcoming Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month on the Islamic calendar and requires many sacrifices. Sheppard chaplains currently accommodate 52 Muslims out of approximately 18,000 Sheppard community

  • Leaders to encourage enlisted to compete for Air Force Academy slots

    The Leaders Encouraging Airman Development program provides the opportunity for unit and wing commanders to nominate their best enlisted Airmen to compete for admission into the U.S. Air Force Academy. Former Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ronald Fogleman initiated LEAD in 1995 to allow 85 slots for

  • Sheppard Airmen promoted to staff sergeant

    About 80 Sheppard senior Airmen were selected for promotion to staff sergeant during the most recent testing cycle. The names were released Aug 20. Air Force officials at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas selected 15,223 of 30,574 eligible senior Airmen for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection

  • Military couples improve marriages with help from 10 Great Dates

    Sheppard couples are getting help in dealing with the inevitable speed bumps of marriage in the military through 10 Great Dates, a 10 week class that began Aug. 6 at the Airmen and Family Readiness Center. "This course is not marriage counseling as much as it is education. We don't want to tell

  • Auto Skills Center offers basic auto maintenance course

    Sheppard's auto skills center started a class Aug. 14 to teach basic car care to new car owners and drivers just starting to wander into the world of self maintenance. Car Care 101 focuses on the basics of routine maintenance and proper preventative care. "We want to teach the simple tasks to