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  • More than 140 to pin on E-6 chevrons

    Air Force officials selected 7,724 of 37,172 eligible staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant for a selection rate of 20.78 percent, according to the Air Force Personnel Center. The average cut-off score for those selected was 319.69, which was based on the following point averages:

  • End of an era: Student flies last T-37 training mission

    A familiar noise was missing from the 80th Flying Training Wing's aircraft parking ramp at about 2:30 p.m. June 17, one that has been prevalent in the Air Force's pilot training mission for 50 years - the high-pitched screech of the T-37B Tweet. The final student training mission began at 1 p.m.

  • Tech Expo highlights technology in the Air Force

    Technology surrounds all of us and is part of almost every aspect of our lives, connecting us and providing the tools necessary to complete our missions in the most professional and expedient way possible. Sheppard hosted its 8th Annual Technology Expo June 16 at the Sheppard Club to showcase

  • Cadets experience operational Air Force

    Nine cadets from the Air Force Academy came to Sheppard May 31 to get a taste of what it is like to work in the operational Air Force. The academy breaks the summer up into three, three-week periods. One of those weeks is used to travel to a base either state side or overseas Cadet Tech. Sgt. Joel

  • Sheppard cyclists turnout for Ride to Work Day

    The Green Knights Motorcycle Club and other bike riders thundered through Sheppard June 15 to promote motorcycle awareness and safe riding. The club paraded through the base for International Motorcycle Awareness Ride to Work Day. Richard Chamberlin, a Sheppard Fire Department Dispatcher and the

  • Airman becomes first to ACE F-22 course

    A Sheppard Airman became the first "ACE" in the F-22 Raptor June 12 - sort of. Airman 1st Class Philip Gertz, a graduate of the 362nd Training Squadron F-22 Aircraft Maintenance Course, scored 100 percent on all eight blocks of instruction making him the first to do so for the course. Airman Gertz

  • Heat-related illnesses common during Critical Days of Summer

    During the Critical Days of Summer heat-related illnesses are common if the body is unable to cool itself by sweating. John Martin, an exercise physiologist at the Health and Wellness Center, said the four biggest issues related to the heat are dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat