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  • Why I stay: Staff Sgt. Kyle Duncan

    It might not have been fate that led Staff Sgt. Kyle Duncan to enlist in the Air Force, but according to the Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants instructor, “Every door seemed to open up right in line.” He’s not leaving everything up to chance, though, as he excels in his current role and plans the next

  • 82nd Training Wing-developed Airmanship 200 course implemented

    After more than two years of collaborative effort by the 82nd Training Wing and 2nd Air Force to develop a curriculum that addresses gaps in Airmen’s foundational competencies, a revamped Airmanship 200 has been officially implemented across the technical training enterprise

  • 372nd FTD Instructors conduct F-16 to F-35 conversion training

    As Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units replace F-16 jets with the F-35s, they need people on the ground who keep the jets in the air. F-35 instructors from the 82nd Training Wing’s 372nd Training Squadron field training detachments do conversion training for seasoned F-16 maintainers

  • Two members of Team Sheppard help Air Force team win USAPL Championship

    Master Sgt. Daniel Turner, 982nd Training Group evaluations superintendent, and Chris Maynard, 82nd Security Forces Squadron police officer, participated on the Air Force team at the USA Powerlifting Military, Police, & Firefighter’s Nationals Powerlifting Championship winning the overall

  • Airman innovator patents tourniquet belt

    An Airman at Sheppard Air Force Base patented a design and produced a prototype for a tourniquet belt with the help of a Spark Cell, patent lawyers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and specialists at Aircrew Flight Equipment and Training Development.

  • Why I serve: Senior Airman Kaytlyn Boice

    Born in Alaska and mostly raised in foster homes, Senior Airman Kaytlyn Boice, Medical Materials Specialist, knew early on that she wanted more from life than the addiction, crime, and early death that plagued too many of her peers.

  • Filcek assumes command of 82nd Training Wing

    Col. Paul G. Filcek assumed command of the 82nd Training Wing from Brig. Gen. George “Dutch” T.M. Dietrich during a ceremony officiated by Maj. Gen. Michele C. Edmondson held on June 14, 2024.

  • Filcek assumes command of 82nd Training Wing

    Col. Paul G. Filcek assumed command of the 82nd Training Wing from Brig. Gen. George “Dutch” T.M. Dietrich during a ceremony officiated by Maj. Gen. Michele C. Edmondson held on June 14, 2024.

  • Juneteenth: an American celebration of freedom

    President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring, “all persons held as slaves” within rebellious states “are, and henceforth shall be free.” However, it took two and half years for the word to reach Texas, the last bastion of Confederate power. It wasn’t