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  • PHA "no shows" costs Sheppard, results in action

    More than 1,000 patients have declined to attend their preventative health assessment at the 82nd Medical group in the past six months, resulting in actions to ensure Sheppard is preparing and approving the deployment of personnel. That might not seem like much given the active duty military

  • DS2 to take over civil engineering

    Defense Support Services, LLC, or DS2, the contracting service that was selected February to take control of Sheppard's civil engineering functions finally begin work Aug. 1. "We are in professional engineering and maintenance to Sheppard. Our priorities this year are to get established and

  • Sheppard inducts newest senior NCOs

    They had come a long way but all the waiting finally paid off July 24. Eighty-one technical sergeants joined the ranks of the upper tier of enlisted leadership at the Senior NCO Induction Ceremony at the Multi-Purpose Events Center in Wichita Falls. "We want to recognize them first for making it to

  • Chief Tappana speaks to Sheppard's enlisted

    Chief Master Sgt. Robert Tappana, command chief master sergeant of Air Education and Training Command, spoke to Sheppard's enlisted members July 24 during two Enlisted Calls. Enlisted members of all three tiers listened to Chief Tappana's discussion about different issues in the Air Force from team

  • First Term Airmen Center expands services

    While it is common for Airmen to go to the career assistance advisor for questions regarding their career, Sheppard's First Term Airmen Center has resources to help first term Airmen reach their future goals. Airmen are required to attend a course at FTAC that transitions their training mindset to a

  • MEDIA RELEASE: Sheppard, AF set to retire T-37 Tweet

    Sheppard and the United States Air Force will say good-bye to an old, but dependable friend July 31 when the T-37 Tweet is officially retired from the Air Force. The Tweet has trained more than 78,000 U.S. Air Force pilots since it became operational in 1957, as well as numerous nations across the

  • Senior NCO seminar prepares master sergeant selects

    Sheppard's newest Senior NCOs attended a seminar July 20-23 to prepare them for the road ahead as they enter the higher ranks of enlisted members. The career assistance advisor Master Sgt. Ronald Pierce said the seminar is a stepping stone to prepare the master sergeant selects for their place in

  • Telephone operators to move to Lackland

    Sheppard will not have telephone operators on base beginning in September; the function will be moved to the Kelly Field Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, for all 13 Air Education and Training Command installations. The operators consolidated at Lackland will use telephone consoles connected

  • Kettelbells challenge Sheppard community

    With music pumping in the background and sweat rolling down faces and arms, members of the Sheppard community participated in a class July 21, utilizing Russian designed weights called a Kettelbell. The Kettelbell is a ball-shaped weight with a handle that utilizes full body movements to affect

  • Air Force engineers tackle missions ‘cradle to grave’

    Air Force Engineer assistants are the first ones in and the last ones out when it comes to planning and building bases, and without teamwork their mission could fail. Airmen in the EA apprentice course at Fort Leonard Wood spend more than three months working in an inter-service environment learning