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  • AF names Sheppard Outdoor Recreation the best

    Perhaps not many people at Sheppard give much thought to who keeps the pools clean, or the playground equipment in good condition, or the barbecue pits ready for their next user. But those in charge of such tasks have recently been recognized for their work. The 82nd Services Division's Outdoor

  • Weather delays report time two hours

    Base leadership has authorized a two-hour delay for non-mission essential personnel Friday because of inclement weather. Brig. Gen. Richard Devereaux, commander of the 82nd Training Wing, made the decision after assessing the accumulated precipitation and the anticipated forecast. According to the

  • Maintenance crews keep them flying

    With hundreds of sorties per day, Sheppard is one of the busiest flight lines in the world. It takes hundreds of man hours to keep the trainers in the air and working properly. "Being safe and (having) the adequate number of aircraft to fly the mission each day - that is our mission," said Wayne

  • Adopter program puts out welcome mat

    The 80th Flying Training Wing's sponsoring of its NATO personnel began long before the official ENJPPT program came into existence in the early 1980s. Initially called the Squadron Adopter Program, incoming personnel were matched so they could be exposed to the Texas culture and introduced to

  • Wings see successes by working together

    Among the many significant things the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program has accomplished in its 25 year history, their strong relationship with the 82nd Training Wing has been another feather in their cap. The all-too-often animosity host and tenant units feel that permeates some bases is

  • Strangers in a strange land

    Military families are accustomed to moving from base to base as their assignments change. But, when that assignment takes them "across the pond," there's a lot more to get used to than just a new home. Pilots from participating countries in the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program and their

  • Joint training program offers international teamwork

    The Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program offers something no other flying training curriculum around the world can contest - an early sense of joint operations. From day one of the program, pilots are training along side international students and trained by international instructors. Taking

  • First historian of program finds calling in 'the vault'

    It's gone through a variety of jobs in its long career, from a vault for classified materials to a storage room for unwanted equipment. Now though, the room called "the vault" is home to the first Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training full-time historian and history office. John Murphy, the first

  • Young but experienced

    The Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program doesn't have long history, given it's only 25 years old this month. But, the world's only international pilot training program is years head of any program available today or was available in the past. It began on Oct. 23, 1981, after years of research

  • Replacing an icon

    For those who have heard the shrill cry of a T-37 Tweet as it plies the Sheppard flightline - the same high-pitched sound that has pierced the ears of so many since the first T-37 went into service with the Air Force 50 years ago - the time is not so far away when that distinctive whistle will be no