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  • T-38 still at top of training class

    Like an old and loyal friend, the T-38 Talon, stationed here since the birth of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program in 1981, will be on hand when the internationally-renowned 80th Flying Training Wing program celebrates its 25th anniversary on Oct. 23. The T-38 is a remarkably prolific

  • Soaring to new heights: ENJJPT sees major improvements on horizon

    Col. Jeffrey Kendall recently told members of the 80th Flying Training Wing that great organizations continue to look for ways to improve by looking to the future while building on current successes. As the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program eclipses 25 years of success Oct. 23, leaders of

  • Sheppard member sets record at power lifting cup

    Records were set and standards placed Nov. 4 when Darrin Charles, an instructor with the 366th Training Squadron, competed in the Texas Cup Power lifting Meet in Plano, Texas. Charles, who has been power lifting for two years, participated in the 275 pound weight class and lifted a total of 1702

  • Sheppard opens doors for annual arts and crafts fair

    If one walked into Hangar 10 this past weekend, instead of finding the usual aircraft maintenance equipment and scattered Airmen, they would have encountered a booth offering funnel cakes, roasted nuts and 'sausage on a stick.' Further down, the opportunity to purchase oil paintings, stuffed

  • Lining up the competition

    A young lineman sprints up the 30-foot wooden pole; his only goal is to rescue his comrade. Another lineman came afoul of the high voltage that is a lineman's stock-and-trade and hangs limp from the harness that keeps him safe. The would-be-rescuer knows he only has four minutes before his friend is

  • Misuse of GTC could lead to holiday headaches

    It's easy to get in a financial bind during the holiday season.It's also easy to fall behind on Government Travel Card payments, placing Airmen of all ranks into a delinquent status. "It's up to every GTC holder to ensure cards are only used for authorized travel-related purposes," said 2nd Lt.

  • Airmen, pilots see their future at CAF Day 2006

    Airmen at Sheppard's two wings got a glimpse of their futures Nov. 17 at the 80th Flying Training Wing's annual Combat Air Force Day. Four F-15s, including two from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., and two from Tyndall AFB, Fla., two F-16s from Luke AFB, Ariz., an F-117 Nighthawk from Holloman,

  • 80th opens new air operations complex

    History was written Monday when Col. Jeffrey Kendall and base and local dignitaries cut the ribbon at a ceremony marking the official opening of Sheppard's new Airfield Operations Complex. The $20 million facility will be home to all air traffic control services, airfield management, base weather

  • Vietnam Veteran recalls captivity, liberation

    In 1966, a self-described "cocky young fighter pilot" performed a second orbit over Hanoi, fulfilling his orders to perform escort duties during the Vietnam War, when a surface-to-air missile blasted the tail off his F-4. Forced to eject from the then-spiraling plane as "a fireball formed beneath