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July 27, 2020
Sailor-turned-Airman aces MAF consolidated course

Staff Sgt. Wayne C. Russell, a native of Latham, New York, and a member of the 109th Airlift Wing in Schenectady, finished the 365th Training Squadron's 19-block Mobility Air Force consolidated course with perfect scores on all graded areas of the roughly five-month training program.
July 24, 2020
Koester takes command of service's largest training group

Col. Terry Koester took command of the 982nd Training Group during a ceremony July 23, 2020, at Sheppard AFB. Col. Anthony Puente, who will now serve as the 82nd Training Wing’s vice commander here, relinquished command.
July 21, 2020
Massachusetts native ACEs avionics technician course

Airman 1st Class Colby Ballou, 365th Training Squadron avionics apprentice course graduate, earned the ACE award after scoring perfect scores on all 12 block tests in the avionics course at Sheppard AFB, Texas.
July 17, 2020
North Carolina native ACEs munitions systems course

Airman 1st Class Jan Pabon, munitions systems course apprentice course graduate, was awarded the ACE award after scoring perfect scores on all seven block tests.
July 17, 2020
113 Sheppard Airmen to promote to master sergeant

The Air Force selected 113 technical sergeants assigned to Sheppard or one of its geographically separated units for promotion to master sergeant in the 20E7 promotion cycle.
July 16, 2020
Lofton returns to Sheppard, takes command of 82nd TRG

Col. John C. Lofton III took command of the 82nd Training Group on July 15, 2020, during a ceremony at Sheppard. He replaced Col. Michael Donahue II, who held the position for three years.
July 10, 2020
AFAF campaign resumes July 13-24

Efforts to raise funds for four Air Force Assistance Fund charities will pick back up July 13, 2020, after a more than two-month hiatus due to the effects of COVID-19. The Sheppard drive will continue from July 13-24.
July 2, 2020
Photos: Armament training foundation of Air Force bite

The 363rd Training Squadron is where the Air Force's armament specialists begin their careers, learning the foundations of the career field that gives the service's weapons systems their bite.
June 30, 2020
Sheppard NCOA mission doesn't falter amid global pandemic

The Sheppard AFB NCO Academy launched its first virtual class June 15, 2020, in the face of COVID-19, and the format, although new, is flourishing.
June 30, 2020
Metals tech training the foundation for NCO's innovative success

Tech. Sgt. Ryan McBride, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the 19th Maintenance Squadron’s metals technology shop at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, was on the right side of a success story when his idea to have a C-130J Super Hercules hydraulic pump bracket fabricated using 3D printing technology

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