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  • ENJJPT leadership impresses new NATO partner

    The 80th Flying Training Wing may become a little larger after Col. Jeffery Kendall, the 80th FTW Commander, visited Slovakia in an effort to have them join the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program. The NATO partner is interested in what ENJJPT does, so Colonel Kendall, Maj. Bruce Dobbins, the

  • Dispute resolution helps solve problems at the lowest level

    People are encouraged to resolve a dispute at the lowest level possible. That's what the Equal Employment Opportunity office strives to do with any issue brought to the office, said Sherry Murray-Garrett, EEO chief. She said alternate dispute resolution is one way disagreements can be settled

  • Changing the Air Force culture

    Sheppard's top enlisted Airman, 82nd Training Wing Command Chief Master Sgt. Douglas Kesler, is off to Florida's "Emerald Coast," where he will become the command chief at Eglin Air Force Base's 33rd Fighter Wing. Before departing the base, the chief took a few minutes to reflect on his experiences

  • Vietnam Moving Wall brings memories, closure for visitors

    A searing heat spread across the dry, cracked landscape as small red, white and blue flags flapped in the warm wind. It was a typical Texas summer day at Crestview Memorial Park in Wichita Falls. Families made the journey this Father's Day to pay respect to dads who had long since passed. But a

  • Cooper selected for 2006 AF women's softball team

    Team Sheppard member Tina Cooper was selected to join the Air Force Women's Softball team Aug. 15, after a week of grueling practice and try outs. "She (Cooper) is a quick study so I am sure she has raised her level of play even higher being around so many talented ball players," said Ron Brown,

  • Sheppard mom has good showing at pageant in Sunshine State

    A trip to Florida in early August might be a vacation for some families. But for the Bennetts, it was more than that. Jennifer Bennett, wife of Senior Airman Chris Bennett of the 82nd Comptroller Squadron, competed in the Mrs. American Queen pageant Aug. 2-6 at a Club Med resort in Florida - and

  • Sink or Swim

    Spectators watched as an aircraft carrier made its way across the water, cheering it along as a group of mobsters watched beside them. Minutes later the crowd grew louder as an Army helicopter quickly sunk beneath the surface. This wasn't some war game gone awry, but the annual Sheppard cardboard

  • ENJJPT students escape dorm fire; damage estimated at $140,000

    Firefighters and occupants of a Sheppard dormitory contained a fire in the early morning hours of Aug. 18, but not until it caused about $140,000 damage to the structure. Four fire crews from Sheppard and one from Wichita Falls responded at 3:25 a.m. to a fire at Bldg. 280. David Mounsey, the