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Firefighters work together to battle a blaze during a training exercise at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 17, 2019. Departments from Sheppard, Wichita Falls, Texas, and Lawton, Oklahoma, converged on the Sheppard AFB fire pit to practice different methods of combating an aircraft fire. (U.S. Air Force photo Airman 1st Class Madeleine E. Remillard)

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Sheppard AFB Fire Department Live-fire Training

Lead Firefighter Charles Grady II, right wearing baseball cap, talks to Wichita Falls Fire Department firemen about attacking an aircraft fire during a training session at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 17, 2019. Area departments from Wichita Falls, Texas, and Lawton, Oklahoma, sent firefighters to the North Texas base to practice putting out fires on a mock aircraft as part of annual training. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Ingle)

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Sheppard Air Force Base firefighters stand-by before a training exercise at Sheppard AFB, Texas, April 17, 2018. Departments from Sheppard, Wichita Falls, Texas, and Lawton, Oklahoma, converged on the Sheppard AFB fire pit to practice different methods of combating an aircraft fire.(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)

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Firefighters work together to battle a blaze during a training exercise at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 17, 2019. Departments from Sheppard, Wichita Falls, Texas, and Lawton, Oklahoma, converged on the Sheppard AFB fire pit to practice different methods of combating an aircraft fire. (U.S. Air Force photo Airman 1st Class Madeleine E. Remillard)

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Sheppard AFB live fire training

Firefighters work together to battle a blaze during a training exercise at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 17, 2019. The fire department conducts frequent training sessions to scenarios including, battling exterior and interior aircraft fires, as well as engine fires. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)

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Sheppard AFB Fire Department Live-fire Training

Firefighters work together to battle a blaze during a training exercise at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 17, 2019. Departments from Sheppard, Wichita Falls, Texas, and Lawton, Oklahoma, converged on the Sheppard AFB fire pit to practice different methods of combating an aircraft fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Ingle)

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Firefighters work together to battle a blaze during a training exercise at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 17, 2019. Departments from Sheppard, Wichita Falls, Texas, and Lawton, Oklahoma, converged on the Sheppard AFB fire pit to practice different methods of combating an aircraft fire. (U.S. Air Force photo Airman 1st Class Madeleine E. Remillard)

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Sheppard AFB Fire Department Live-fire Training

Firefighters make their way through an opening of a mock aircraft as they extinguish a fire during an exercise at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 17, 2019. Sheppard firefighters as well as some from Wichita Falls, Texas, and Lawton, Oklahoma, fire departments participated in the annual training to hone their aircraft firefighting skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Ingle)

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Firefighters work together to battle a blaze during a training exercise at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 17, 2019. Departments from Sheppard, Wichita Falls, Texas, and Lawton, Oklahoma, converged on the Sheppard AFB fire pit to practice different methods of combating an aircraft fire. (U.S. Air Force photo Airman 1st Class Madeleine E. Remillard)

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Sheppard AFB live fire training

Firefighters spray water on a mock aircraft to cool it down after live-fire training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 17, 2019. Crews from Sheppard, Wichita Falls, Texas, and Lawton, Oklahoma, converged on the training pit to hone their skills at attacking aircraft fires externally and internally. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)

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Sheppard AFB Fire Department Live-fire Training

Firefighters spray water on a mock aircraft to cool it down after live-fire training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 17, 2019. Crews from Sheppard, Wichita Falls, Texas, and Lawton, Oklahoma, converged on the training pit to hone their skills at attacking aircraft fires externally and internally. Sheppard, located on the north edge of Wichita Falls, is home to the 80th Flying Training Wing's Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program, which uses the artillery range at Fort Sill near Lawton. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Ingle)

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Sheppard Air Force Base firefighters end their training exercise at Sheppard AFB, Texas, April 17, 2018. Sheppard's fire department has a special training area that simulates a plane crash. This type of training prepares the firefighters for the unfortunate event of a plane crash, but is done often as Sheppard has one of the busiest airfields in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)

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Published April 19, 2019
82nd Training Wing Public Affairs

SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --

Readiness. Training. Partnerships. BOOM Roasted.

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