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  • Legal team gets 'bearish' with mock trial

    The 82nd Training Wing Judge Advocate office made a trip to Haynes Northwest Academy, an elementary school in Wichita Falls, Texas, for a mock trial to teach students there about the law.

  • Sheppard in Photos

    SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – This week's Sheppard in Photos takes a look at technical training, physical fitness, aircraft maintenance at the 80th Flying Training Wing and more.

  • Dispatchers training to provide life-saving advice over phone

    Police officers and emergency medical technicians are often seen as heroes during emergencies, rushing in to save the day. While these emergency personnel are absolutely essential, they wouldn’t be able to get where they need to go without the help of the behind-the-scenes heroes – 911 dispatchers.

  • RSAF students flourish under Alotaibi leadership

    The improvement in military discipline, bearing and standards under Royal Saudi air force Col. Bader M. Alotaibi’s watchful eye has paid dividends for the RSAF and their investment in their Airmen here. Since Alotaibi’s arrival, the attrition rate of RSAF Airmen in training has gone from about 50

  • 87-year-old Airman revisits Sheppard after 70 years

    On May 16, 2018, 87 year old Retired Staff Sgt. Darrell Nordhagen, former payroll chief clerk at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and his family returned to Sheppard AFB, Texas, where he started his path to become an Airman in 1948.

  • 80th FTW aviators get close-up view of combat aircraft

    Undergraduate pilot training students at the 80th Flying Training Wing's Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program got an up close look at combat aircraft such as the A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-22 Raptor and F-15E Strike Eagle May 10-11, 2018, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.

  • Sheppard Hosts Rock Fest 2018

    The much-anticipated Rock Fest featuring Grammy-nominated band Plain White T’s with special guest band We The Kings was hosted at the Town Center at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, May 11, 2018.

  • Challenges and Rewards of Military Motherhood

    It has been said that there is no love like a mother’s love. While motherhood can be a beautiful and incredible experience, it does not come without struggle. Being a mother in the military can make these struggles even greater.

  • Undergraduate Pilot Training; there’s an app for that

    The 80th Flying Training Wing entered this year’s Air Education and Training Command Innovation Challenge after successfully creating an app to make more than 1,500 pages of necessary documents available to its pilots via handheld device.