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  • Field day fun

    Each year Sheppard Elementary holds a field day for about 300 kindergarten through sixth graders, giving them the chance to have a day of fun after a year of hard work. Field day demonstrates to parents the skills the children have learned, builds children's confidence and gives them a chance to

  • Controllers move into new $12 million air complex

    It's been a long time coming for those who have swayed with the old control tower when winds get to 20 knots or greater. Air traffic controllers from the 80th Operations Support Squadron moved into the new $12 million 142-foot tower situated at the center of the airfield along Avenue K. Although

  • Shocking competition

    The 366th Training Squadron claimed the individual score trophy in the Fourth Annual Lineman's Rodeo May 20 in the electrical systems rodeo training area. But, The 375th Civil Engineer Squadron from Scott Air Force Base, Ill. took home their third consecutive team score trophy. "It was nice to go

  • Forum provides opportunity for valuable XP crosstalks

    Wing planners from every Air Education and Training Command installation met here this week to discuss everything from Air Force Smart Operations 21 to disaster plans during the annual XP Workshop Tuesday through Thursday. Gene Quintanilla and Jim Bishop from the AETC Plans, Requirements and

  • Italian training deputy visits ENJJPT

    Italian pilots of the 80th Flying Training Wing were able to gain insight from home leadership as Lt. Gen. Gian Piero Ristori, Italian deputy commander of the School of the Air Force, visited here last week to speak at a Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training graduation. General Ristori is the

  • New F-16 trainer provides vital real-world experience

    The 361st Training Squadron's F-16 Engine Removal and Installation course took a step closer to providing real-world experiences when it received a new maintenance trainer. Personnel from the course received the trainer fabricated by the 982nd Maintenance Squadron Trainer Development Flight in early

  • New parade grounds open as Sheppard honors armed forces

    The inaugural event at Sheppard's new parade field got off to a hot start May 19 during the annual Armed Forces Day Parade. Brig. Gen. James Whitmore, 82nd Training Wing commander said the first parade on the new field would've happened a month sooner, but he wanted to give the grass enough time to

  • Joint Warrior Competition

    Teams from numerous training squadrons here, as well as Army and Navy Seabee teams, came together Saturday to join in friendly competition between the services. The Joint Warrior Competition was held as part of a string of Armed Forces Week celebrations. The teams competed in four events to

  • EEO office provides options for employees, agencies

    Never in history has a workplace functioned without some sort of discord or conflict between individual either co-workers are management. But, there hasn't always been an equal employment opportunity office available to defuse the conflict and help find some sort of resolution. That's what Sherry

  • TMO prepared for peak moving season

    While summertime means vacations and lazy afternoons for some people, for others it involves one of the more stressful undertakings a family can face - moving. For military members and their families, permanent changes of station are a regular occurrence, but in the summer, even Sheppard's traffic