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  • A Family Affair: Sanders clan named as Sheppard's Family of the Year

    The Sanders are more than happy to accept Sheppard's 2007 Family of the Year award. But it's not about a plackard to hang on a wall. It's all about just what the award is for -- being a family. "It's not just about the awards for us," said Chap. (Maj.) Jimmie Sanders, 82nd Training Wing senior

  • General Looney visits Sheppard one final time

    A black and white "hero shot" showed a young, confident pilot some years ago, ready to take the tiger by the tail and begin a 35-year voyage that would take him to the top seat of the Air Force's first command. Gen. William R. Looney III, commander of Air Education and Training Command, recognized

  • Sheppard Airmen receive Combat Action Medal

    Two Sheppard Airmen are among the first to be awarded the new Combat Action Medal recognizing Airmen who have risked their lives while engaging the enemy in direct combat. Maj. Larry Harris, 82nd Civil Engineer Squadron operations flight chief, and Senior Airman Shawn Ryan, 82nd Security Forces

  • Team Sheppard helps give local-area children a better Christmas

    Once again, Team Sheppard pulled out all the stops to make someone's holiday special with the annual Give a Child a Christmas event Dec. 7. Hangar 1090 was packed with presents, the Sheppard sponsors who purchased them and the children from Bonham, Sam Houston and Fannin Elementary schools who would

  • Show me the money: Finance tech earns $10,000 through 'IDEA'

    A member of the Sheppard AFB finance office recently won a $10,000 award for discovering a glitch in the Air Force's travel voucher process. Kimberly Hervey, a travel pay clerk for the 82nd Comptroller Squadron, with the help of the IDEA office, suggested that Sheppard's Finance office regularly

  • Aguirre wins Air Force-level personnel award

    The tables were turned on Staff Sgt. Ana Aguirre Dec. 3 when she found out she was the Air Force Personnel Technician of the Year. The assistant NCO in charge of the commander's support staff at the 80th Flying Training Wing said she isn't used to being on this side of the process. A portion of her

  • 882nd TRG honors former Surgeon General with portrait

    Retired Lt. Gen. George "Peach" Taylor Jr., former Surgeon General of the Air Force, became the latest to have his face adorn the halls of Bldg. 1900 in a portrait unveiling ceremony Dec. 5. Beyond the usual thanks, the general recalled a story about his first duty assignment at Kadena Air Base,

  • ADAPT to use Wingman Day to warn Sheppard about "That Guy"

    The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment program is working with Air Force Portal administrators to provide a link to www.thatguy.com, an alcohol awareness campaign that is quickly spreading through the Armed Forces. "The site has proven very effective, mainly because it's humor based and

  • AFFSC to handle some financial service

    Sheppard's 82nd Comptroller Squadron is about two months away from its transformation from a traditional financial service center to the Air Force's Financial Services Center. The cutover will take place Feb. 11. The initiative is designed to provide more effective and efficient finance operations