April 13, 2020 'Guinea pig' class conquers innovation, COVID-19 en route to graduation Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program Class 20-04 has endured unique circumstances during their trek to earn their pilot wings, which began Feb. 26, 2019. Perhaps no other class in the nearly 40-year history of the 80th Flying Training Wing program has faced the traditional trials while also
April 9, 2020 Sheppard 1 of 5 AETC bases to use new COVID-19 test kits Sheppard AFB is one of five bases in Air Education and Training Command selected to receive new BioFire UEA test kits, which will knock down the turnaround time for COVID-19 results to potentially minutes instead of days, according to AETC.
April 8, 2020 363rd TRS aids in fight against COVID-19 With most cities across the country issuing stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people can only sit at home and wait it out. But others take matters into their own hands to try and make a difference.
April 7, 2020 Sheppard grads make face covers to combat COVID-19 Aircrew flight equipment and other aircraft maintenance career field graduates have put their sewing skills to work to create thousands of cloth face covers out of garments like old Battle Dress Uniforms and Airman Battle Uniforms to recently discarded Operational Camouflage Pattern uniforms. The
April 3, 2020 Stocked & Loaded: Airmen-in-Training aid Commissary On April 2, 2020, 362nd Training Squadron Airmen in Training were sent to Sheppard AFB’s commissary, which was deemed mission essential, to help restock shelves.
March 27, 2020 BMT Airmen transported by airlift to Sheppard, other training bases COVID-19 can’t stop the military. It can try, but national security is 24/7 and basic military training, along with technical training at Sheppard AFB and other training installations, continues on its mission to provide trained Airmen to protect and defend the country.
March 27, 2020 Additional base access restriction measures begin March 28 As Sheppard AFB continues to fight an invisible enemy, a new set of base access restriction measures will begin effective March 28, 2020.
March 27, 2020 Fitness centers adjust to COVID-19 SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the fitness centers at Sheppard Air Force Base are suspending service to everyone other than active duty personnel and guard and reserves on active duty orders.
March 25, 2020 Officials confirm Sheppard's first positive COVID-19 case Public Health officials here notified Sheppard AFB leadership of the installation’s first confirmed case of Coronavirus, or COVID-19. The first case is travel related and involves a member of the 80th Flying Training Wing, home to the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program.
March 15, 2020 Bell: We will work to flatten the COVID-19 curve, take care of each other Team Sheppard, we are entering new era as we work to manage and mitigate this national emergency, as declared by the president. We will now diligently work to “flatten the curve” of coronavirus, or COVID-19, activity in our community.