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  • Sheppard kicks off 34th Annual AFAF campaign

    The 34th Annual Air Force Assistance Fund launched here Feb. 12 with a target goal of $88,693 during the six-week "Commitment to Caring" campaign. Last year, 66 percent of all eligible Sheppard members made AFAF contributions, the second highest rate in Air Education and Training Command. More than

  • Major flies 3,000 hours in Tweet

    Fighter pilots are accustomed to evading their enemies in the sky when necessary. For Maj. Jim Kuehn, a flight safety officer with the 80th Flying Training Wing and T-37 instructor pilot with the 97th Flying Training Squadron, his ground evasion tactics didn't work as he attempted to fend off

  • Battle uniform available to deploying Airmen this spring

    The Airman Battle Uniform is on track for distribution this spring to Airmen deploying as part of Air Expeditionary Forces 7 and 8. Production of the new ABU began Dec. 7 and uniforms are being warehoused. The uniform will be ready for distribution to Airmen deploying as part of AEFs 7/8. Most

  • Army students school 365th TRS, 77-73

    The Delta 264th Medical Battalion taught some of Sheppard's permanent party a lesson in perseverance during an intramural basketball game Feb. 7, outlasting the 365th Training Squadron 77-73. The 365th TRS kept the 264th on their toes, grabbing the first basket of the game and holding onto the lead

  • Sheppard club tells prospective members, "U Choose"

    "Many have said they would join the club if they didn't have to have a MasterCard club membership card." These words shone from a projection screen at the Sheppard Club during a luncheon Feb. 3, illustrating at least one reason why some eligible club members have elected not to join. The free buffet

  • Air Force's most important charity, most important meal of day combined

    The crowd, recently breakfasted on melon and doughnuts, sat in polite silence while the man at the podium relayed letters of gratitude from beneficiaries of the Air Force Assistance Fund. Then the sound of ironic laughter rippled over the crowd as they realized one of the stories ended with a young