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  • Changes to TRICARE affecting urgent care policies

    With the 2018 changes in TRICARE and new Wisconsin Physician Service billing system, there are a number of local facilities that are no longer TRICARE- authorized for urgent care. At this time, the only TRICARE authorized urgent care facility for active duty family members and retirees is

  • Sheppard donates 4,000 pounds of food during campaign

    Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, organizations donated about 4,000 pounds of nonperishable goods during their inaugural Feds Feed Families campaign, which ended Oct. 22, 2018. The Wichita Falls Area Food Bank benefited from the three-week food drive.

  • Sheppard in Photos

    SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- 82nd Training Wing and 80th Flying Training Wing Airmen come out in force to the Combat Air Force Road Show downtown and the 364th holds it down back on base.

  • 368th TRS replaces largest AETC detachment at ceremony

    The newly reactivated 368th Training Squadron replaced Detachment 1 of the 364th TRS during a ceremony at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Oct. 17, 2018, giving the commander more flexibility and the unit more leverage for manpower.

  • 88th FTS supports fellow AETC squadron at Eglin

    SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – In the early days of September, the 80th Flying Training Wing’s most intense fighter pilots from the 88th Fighter Training Squadron deployed to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to support a fellow Air Education Training Command unit’s training and development.

  • FEDVIP open enrollment begins Nov. 12; includes retirees, families

    The Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) will be offered for the first time to TRICARE eligible retirees and their families during the 2018 Federal Benefits Open Season, which is Nov. 12, 2018, through Dec. 10, 2018. Active duty family members will be eligible to enroll in

  • Sheppard in Photos

    SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Meet the Airmen who work on one of the deadliest aircraft the Air Force has and the Airmen who assemble the guns for those aircraft.

  • ENJJPT student selected for new track to U-2 pilot program

    For the first time in the 35-plus year history of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program, a U.S. student from the program has been selected to begin a new training track that could land them in the U-2 Dragon Lady. The selectee will be notified at the 80th Flying Training Wing assignment