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  • Sheppard appreciates permanent party Airmen at BBQ

    Permanent party Airmen were shown appreciation at a six-hour barbeque held by the Air Force Sergeants Association and the First Sergeants Council June 20. "Permanent party Airmen are the backbone of most organizations. They're doing their job and doing it well while they train, work on Career

  • Education office helps Airmen continue schooling

    The education of Airmen is of high importance to the Air Force, in fact, it offers a variety of programs to help its Airmen enhance their education - through base education centers. Donna Collins, the education services flight chief said education service's mission is "to provide education

  • SNCOs fill first sergeant position

    They can be referred to as additional duty first sergeants, acting shirts, associate shirts, temporary or t-shirts, and in a teasing manner they are called undershirts. "When they really need my help, all they say is "shirt" and we both know play time is over," said Master Sgt. Ronald Pierce, an

  • Lt. Gen. Marquez visits Sheppard

    Team Sheppard welcomed a piece of living Air Force history when a legend in the maintenance and logistics career fields visited June 3-5. Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez, former deputy chief of staff for logistics and engineering - called by some the father of today's Air Force maintenance field - took the

  • Sheppard instructors teach Bradley ANG Airmen

    Sheppard instructors travelled to Bradley Air National Guard Base to train Airmen from the Connecticut ANG's 103rd Maintenance Squadron to be jet engine mechanics. "Our future is here and now and these students are ensuring our mission and unit maintains an integral part of the nation and state

  • Pilot's legacy continues with posthumous master's degree

    A commencement ceremony June 6 was a time to celebrate the achievements of the 2008 graduates of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Sheppard Air Force Base campus, but it was also a time to honor the legacy of a fallen classmate. Maj. Brad Funk, an instructor pilot who was killed in a T-38 crash

  • 80th FTW honorary commander takes spin in Texan II

    The 80th Flying Training Wing's honorary commander gained a better understanding of the wing's mission June 4 when he soared through the North Texas and Southern Oklahoma skies in a T-6A Texan II, the newest trainer in the fleet. Bad weather spoiled Lanham "Fishing" Lynes' first attempt to go up,

  • Students compete in Joint Warrior Challenge

    Two hundred and twenty-four Air Force, Army and Navy students competed in the 2008 Armed Forces Joint Warrior Challenge, May 24, in observation of Armed Forces Day and Memorial Day. The Yellow A Team from the 365th Training Squadron was the overall winner with the Navy A Team from the 366th Training