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  • AETC hosts women's fly-in event in the Lone Star State

    Air Education and Training Command hosted a fly-in event in Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 18-21, 2019, one that brought together a small sorority of Air Force aviators ranging from fighter to cargo pilots, boom operators and load masters to special aviation operators.

  • 82nd TRW faculty development tests avatar-based counseling platform

    The 82nd Training Wing Faculty Development Flight is jumping on board the technology train to teach new technical training instructors an old technique in a tried-and-true, yet innovative way – simulation. Basic Instructor Course students are provided an overview of the technology they are about to

  • Donovan: Readiness, force lethality begins with training

    Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew P. Donovan, the second highest ranking civilian in the Department of the Air Force, visited Sheppard on Feb. 14, 2019, to see how the Air Force’s largest and most diverse technical and undergraduate pilot training base is employing technology to train today’s

  • Gudgel: Industrial Age way of teaching giving way to innovation

    Chief Master Sgt. Juliet Gudgel, AETC command chief master sergeant, said Jan. 31, 2018, during a three-day visit to North Texas that Sheppard AFB is leading the charge on challenging the status quo, training Airmen in a different and meaningful way, and employs equipment and innovation in a way

  • Airmen take advantage of virtual reality paint booths

    Members of the 359th Training Squadron’s Detachment 1 recently installed two 3-D virtual reality paint trainers in their schoolhouse, which graduates about 1,200 Airmen annually in the aircraft structural maintenance, low observable aircraft structural maintenance and non-destructive inspection

  • Unit removes time obstacle, student finishes course in 1 week

    The 365th Training Squadron took to heart the call of Air Education and Training Command Commander Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast that “time is no longer the constant" and helped one student complete its 39-academic-day avionics fundamentals course in one week.

  • 368th TRS replaces largest AETC detachment at ceremony

    The newly reactivated 368th Training Squadron replaced Detachment 1 of the 364th TRS during a ceremony at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Oct. 17, 2018, giving the commander more flexibility and the unit more leverage for manpower.

  • 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.