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  • National champion flies with 80th FTW

    Eight-time American Motorcycle Association National Enduro Champion Mike Lafferty and motorcycle photojournalist Shan Moore visited the 80th Flying Training Wing May 4-6 to get a first-hand look at pilot training. After experiencing the pilot training in simulators, the visit culminated with an

  • Sheppard assists with NASA's aircraft shelters

    Who does a government agency that specializes in space exploration go to when they hit a snag? For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Sheppard was its choice to help protect its aircraft from the elements. After Hurricane Ike damaged many of NASA's aircraft shelters in 2008, the

  • Tweet pilot last to reach 4,000 hours

    Maj. Eriik Nikula had two thoughts on his mind May 1 during a training mission: the completion of 4,000 hours in the T-37, and the loss of a friend one year earlier to the day. "I don't know if you can dedicate a flight to someone but I am dedicating this flight to the two outstanding officers that

  • 2009 first quarterly award winners named

    The 82nd Training Wing recognizes its winners of the quarterly awards for the first quarter. The winners are as follows: -1st Lt. Daniel Chavez, 882nd Training Group, won the Company Grade Officer award. -Senior Master Sgt. Rebecca Brauer, 82nd TRW Wing Staff Agency, won the Senior NCO award. -Tech.

  • Chief nurse earns Bronze Star, Sheppard's fourth this year

    Lt. Col. Susan Bassett, the chief nurse at the 882nd Training Group, is scheduled to receive the fourth highest combat award in the U.S. Armed Force May 5, following a 365-day deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan. She is the fourth Sheppard member to receive the Bronze Star award this year and the

  • Christmas In Action

    When word got out that the community could use some helping hands from Sheppard for the annual Christmas in Action program, Staff Sgt. Jason Bales, an instructor at the 360th Training Squadron, jumped at the chance to be a team captain for a house in Burkburnett that desperately needed renovation.

  • Guardsman teaching Guardsmen

    The 82nd Training Wing is responsible for training more than 70,000 Airmen each year, including active duty, Reserve and Guard Airmen. When the Air National Guard requested an additional class to train more armament Airmen, the total-force concept came into play for the 363rd Training Squadron to

  • 80th Quarterly Award winners

    The 80th Flying Training Wing recognizes its winners of the quarterly awards. The winners are as follows: -Airman 1st Class Carlos Morales, 80th Operation Support Squadron, won the Dorm Room of the Quarter award. -Senior Airman Domer Gabriel, 89th Flying Training Squadron, won the Airman of the

  • White House honors Sheppard recycling program

    The 82nd Civil Engineering Squadron recently won the 2009 White House Closing the Circle Award in the Recycling-Military category and will receive a certificate signed by the president. The national-level award recognizes outstanding achievements of federal employees and their facilities for efforts