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  • CAF Day offers glimpse of future for pilots, maintainers

    Undergraduate pilot training students at the 80th Flying Training Wing had an opportunity Oct. 19 to get up close and personal with their future aircraft during the annual Combat Air Force Day. Capt. Jay Thomas, the event coordinator and an instructor pilot at the 88th Fighter Training Squadron,

  • Open House another Sheppard success story

    Sheppard's Open House and Air Show lived up to its billing Oct. 20 as thousands made their way from all over to see the Air Force's heritage and its horizons. The heritage was seen in the JN-4D Jenny, the earliest representation of military aviation in the United States. The F-22A Raptor, the

  • State-of-the-art Raptor maintenance facility opens

    A new era of training started at Sheppard Oct. 19 with the opening of the Air Force's F-22A Raptor Maintenance Training Facility. All maintenance training for the nation's newest fighter aircraft will take place in one facility, a new concept in Air Force maintenance training. Airmen from the 361st,

  • Tuskegee Airmen breathe life into Living History Display

    Five Tuskegee Airmen sat patiently Oct. 20 at Sheppard's 2007 Open House and Air Show, not rushing time, but not wasting it, either. They understood the enormous heritage they molded more than 60 years ago and proudly displayed as part of the Tuskegee Living History Display. It was about breaking

  • 82nd Fighter Group reunites, tours Sheppard

    Members of the 82nd Fighter Group gathered in Texas for their 65-year reunion this week, and were welcomed at Sheppard Air Force Base Oct. 19. "It was more than I ever expected, the whole base fell out to greet us," retired Lt. Col. John Kane, a tour member, said, echoing the sentiments of many

  • Danger zone: JROTC cadets take on bogies in F-22A simulator

    High school students at the controls of the Air Force's premiere jet fighter shot down about a dozen enemy aircraft Oct. 18 in the skies over Central Asia. Well, sort of. The Burkburnett High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets were in the cockpit of Lockheed-Martin's F-22 simulator

  • Air Force retiree funerals change due to manpower cuts

    Base honor guards across the Air Force will be changing the way they perform retiree funerals starting Nov. 1 due to manpower cuts and high operations tempo as well as a higher number of retiree funerals than ever in Air Force history. The formal 10-person funeral will no longer be authorized for

  • Living history coming to Sheppard

    As Sheppard continues its celebration of the Air Force's 60th Anniversary, it will also honor some of the service's living history at the weekend's Open House - the Tuskegee Airmen. The famed all African-American combat flying unit, also known as the 99th Fighter Squadron, which was later absorbed

  • Ragged Edge tearing through air show

    Maj. Jill Long is one of those people who takes her work home with her. Of course, her work is a bit more exciting than most. The 89th Flying Training Squadron instructor performs at air shows across the United States, and her next display of aerobatic agility will be right here at Sheppard's Open