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  • Officials provide A-76 update at town hall meeting

    The Oct. 9 town hall meeting at the base theater offered an update on the status of the A-76 study. The A-76 review, which is due to be completed in early 2008, will evaluate jobs on base currently held by military and Defense Department civil service employees, and determine how these jobs can be

  • A time to serve, a time to honor

    At first glance it was nothing more than a few hundred - possibly a thousand - gathered on a North Texas football field Oct. 6 at half time. By this time, most fans would've been heading down to the nearest concession stand to quench their thirst or relieve the hunger pangs they've been fighting

  • CE, Services bring life back to flood-ravaged Sheppard Annex

    A team from the 82nd Civil Engineer Squadron and 82nd Services Division spent Oct. 1-4 bringing life back to the Sheppard Annex at Lake Texoma. But it wasn't just structures, electricity and plumbing getting worked on at the flood-ravaged site - the group also worked on team building and cultivating

  • Final Four: 4-ship formation flight possibly last for T-37s

    As the T-37 Tweet prepares for its Air Force-wide retirement, Sheppard's 80th Flying Training Wing began saying its goodbyes Oct 2. Instructor pilots who've utilized the training jet for years climbed into the side-by-side cockpit seats for one last four-ship formation. The Tweet will be phased out

  • Changes to multimedia contract brings back service, reduces others

    A few modifications to the base multimedia center contract will have Sheppard customers seeing the big picture again. Frank Schmidt, the 82nd Communications Squadron Base Multimedia Center manager, said effective Oct. 1, the graphics department at the center will resume production of posters for

  • Spouses receive ‘first-class’ treatment during Taxi Day

    Instructor pilots from the 80th Flying Training Wing were given the opportunity to have their spouses serve as their wingmen Sept. 27 during Taxi Day. This annual tradition, practiced since the beginning of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program in 1980, allows the pilots to have their

  • POW/MIA of past and present honored at luncheon

    The prisoner of war/missing in action luncheon, held at the Sheppard Club Sept. 28, allowed a man the opportunity to share the tale of his own imprisonment - but instead he used it to praise the efforts of today's servicemembers. Retired Army Sgt. Maj. Howard Ray fought in the Korean War, and was

  • Picnic to celebrate 143 DUI-free days, refocus Sheppard

    The message from Brig. Gen. Richard Devereaux is clear, but powerful - you've done well with preventing alcohol-related driving offenses, but don't let up know. To help re-focus Team Sheppard on the tremendous feat of 143-consecutive days without a driving under the influence offense, including the

  • ENJJPT 2008 on schedule

    The commander of the 80th Flying Training Wing and Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program returned recently from a week-long trip for the fall steering committee meeting in Norway. Col. David Petersen said the semi-annual meeting Sept. 10-14 was to look at policy formulation, oversight and