Flag at Half Staff - 6 Nov. Published Nov. 6, 2012 By 82d Training Wing Public Affairs SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- On Nov. 6 the flag will be flown at half staff from reveille to retreat in honor of Tech Sgt. Chris Smith, a metals technology instructor with the 361st Training Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, who passed away Nov. 4 after being struck by a car along Interstate 44.