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  • Sheppard in Photos

    SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Take a look into what Sheppard does on the daily and what we only do once in a lifetime, like celebrating a retired sgt.'s 100th birthday!

  • Sheppard Airmen part of AETC's 2018 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    Air Education and Training Command honored 11 Airmen and eight civilians as the the command’s 2018 winners of the Outstanding Airmen of the Year Feb. 26, 2019. The OAY awards are presented annually, recognizing the top officer, enlisted and civilian members of the command. Winners will compete at

  • Sheppard in Photos

    Sheppard in Photos is a weekly product that highlights the different training missions of Sheppard Air Force Base and the agencies that support those missions.

  • Iwo Jima Survivor's Reunion visits Sheppard AFB

    On Feb. 15-16, people from all around Wichita Falls, Texas, came to see the men who saw battle in Iwo Jima. The reunion, run by volunteers from the Disabled American Veterans association, focused on remembering those who call themselves survivors or veterans, but we call them heroes, role models,

  • Sheppard in Photos

    SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- An Air Vice Marshal visit, electrical systems technical training and the first Airman's Council meeting of the year. The year has only started, but Sheppard never stops!

  • Donovan: Readiness, force lethality begins with training

    Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew P. Donovan, the second highest ranking civilian in the Department of the Air Force, visited Sheppard on Feb. 14, 2019, to see how the Air Force’s largest and most diverse technical and undergraduate pilot training base is employing technology to train today’s

  • Pilot training moving at the speed of innovation

    The implementation of virtual and augmented realities by the 80th Flying Training Wing is creating a portfolio of tools that allows instructor and student pilots alike to enhance the learning experience within the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program, the world’s only internationally manned

  • Kansas ANG sergeant aces aircraft fuel systems course

    SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – A Kansas native and member of the 190th Air Refueling Wing, Forbes Field, Topeka, Kansas, aced his technical training school with perfect scores on his block exams.Staff Sgt. Henry E. Olivarez graduated technical training on Jan. 30, 2019, and said his graduation