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Airman 1st Class Mark A. Landers, 80th Operation Support Squadron air traffic controller, manages the flow of aircraft at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 30, 2018. Air traffic control specialists are responsible for ensuring the safety and efficiency of air traffic on the ground and in the air. Landers, a North Carolina native, said his job is rewarding as it directly supports the NATO mission and training fighter pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Madeleine E. Remillard)

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Airman 1st Class Courtney Burke and Airman Brandon Watts, 362nd Training Squadron A-10 crew chief apprentice course students, perform a post-flight inspection at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 29, 2018. The Airmen are tasked to carefully inspect the air hose, seatbelt, canopy and gauges to ensure proper function for flying. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Madeleine E. Remillard)

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Airman Victor Le, 362nd Training Squadron F-16 apprentice course student, services a jet's engine oil at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 22, 2018. Servicing the jet includes checking the oil and hydraulic fluid to keep the jet in fighting condition. If left unchecked, certain systems like the landing gear or the jet's drag chute would not work properly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)

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Seaman Apprentice Noah Leonard, 366th Training Squadron water and fuels systems maintenance student, cuts copper pipe for a water heater he has been tasked to repair at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 29, 2018. Navy students are trained through seven blocks of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning course and six blocks of the WFMS course. Leonard, a Wisconsin native, said being a Navy student on an Air Force base is an interesting experience, but it is enjoyable overall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Madeleine E. Remillard)

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Seaman Recruit Timothy Reichert, 366th Training Squadron water and fuels systems maintenance student, repairs a water heater at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 29, 2018. The 982nd Maintenance Squadron recently provided new plumbing booths for the 366th TRS training needs. Reichert, an Arizona native, said he enjoys the hands-on aspect of the course and all of the equipment he gets the opportunity to work with. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Madeleine E. Remillard)

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Airman 1st Class Charles McRae, left, and Airman Michael Teems, 362nd Training Squadron F-16 crew chief apprentice course students, service a trainer jet at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 22, 2018. Servicing the jet includes checking the oil and hydraulic fluid to keep the jet in fighting condition. If left unchecked, certain systems like the landing gear or the jet's drag chute would not work properly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)

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Tech. Sgt. Gregory Sharpe, on chair, 362nd Training Squadron F-16 crew chief apprentice course instructor, talks to Airman 1st Class Charles McRae, left, and Airman Michael Teems, 362nd TRS F-16 crew chief apprentice course students, during their class at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 22, 2018. The students are servicing the hydraulic fluid of the jet, which is vital to controlling everything from the jet's brakes and landing gear to it's guns and more. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)

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Capt. Tony Vitellaro, left, 80th Flying Training student pilot, works with Amy "Jaws" Young, T-6 Texan II simulator instructor, during a class at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 29, 2018. Young and her fellow sim instructors prefer to call this class switchology, which teaches and ingrains new pilots with the confidence and muscle memory of each switch in the front seat of their aircraft. Young controls the situation from the computers in the back and can throw in malfunctions and other unforseen conditions to test the pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)

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Lt. Simon Kraemer, left, 80th Flying Training Wing student pilot, simulates a flight while fellow student pilot Lt. Espen Iversen follows a checklist at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 29, 2018. Before even getting into a real jet, the pilots in training must go through about seven or more simulation courses. The 80th uses different simulators, each one getting more advanced than the last, all to get the pilot ready and comfortable before even taking to the skies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)

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From left, 1st Lt. Ryan Tucker and Capt. Tony Vitellaro, 80th Flying Training Wing student pilots, are tested by Amy "Jaws" Young, T-6 Texan II simulator instructor, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 29, 2018. Young is teaching an academic course in the sim because it is much more benficial for the pilots to get a hands-on look of the flight deck's switches instead of just looking at a graph or a book. This is the first sim the pilots will be using and as time goes on eventually get into their first aircraft sortie after seven or more other sims. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)

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Lt. Simon Kraemer, left, 80th Flying Training Wing student, simulates a flight while fellow student pilot Lt. Espen Iversen follows a checklist at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 29, 2018. This is the second level of simulators that pilots will work with. Some sim courses just require the pilot in training to follow a checklist procedure, but all of this is to instill the pilot with the confidence and muscle memory to be able to remember all the simple things while in a real flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)

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Sheppard in Photos

Published Aug. 30, 2018
82nd Training Wing Public Affairs

SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Sheppard, home of all different kinds of training, from civil engineering, to flying the aircraft, to training the people who do.

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