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  • 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

  • Street Smart seminar encourages Sheppard to be safe

    Team Sheppard got a graphic, first-hand look at what can happen when people drink and drive or don't wear a seat belt at the Street Smart seminars May 15-17. "We're here to tell you what can happen should you choose to drink or not wear your seatbelt," said Joseph McCluan, one of two firefighter

  • 82nd MDG demonstrates value of AFSO 21

    The 82nd Medical Group pharmacy recently completed a year-long Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century project that saved Team Sheppard over $3.45 million. Capt. Pat McMahon, a pharmacist with the 82nd MDG, led the group's pharmacy and therapeutics committee, in reviewing their processes and

  • New dormitory dedicated to fallen Airman

    Team Sheppard, Wichita Falls, and a fallen Airman's family and friends came together May 19 to dedicate Mattis Hall, a new $27 million, 300-room dormitory. Capt. William Mattis, a B-57 pilot assigned to Clark Air Base, the Philippines, was killed March 11, 1965, while participating in an aerial