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  • A1C Angelica Aquino works on an A-10 instrument panel

    Student soars through avionics course, earns ACE award

    Airman 1st Class Angelica Julie Aquino, a 365th Training Squadron graduate earned the ACE award for achieving a 100 percent average throughout the 75-academic day, nine-block course.
  • Airman 1st Class John Taylor Doolittle Jr. loosens panel bolts

    Doolittle set to strive with own destiny

    Airman 1st Class John Taylor Doolittle Jr., a distant relative of the Air Force legend, graduated Sept. 3, 2020, from the 362nd Training Squadron’s F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief apprentice course here. He is looking to make his own mark in military service as an aircraft maintainer, much like the Army Air Corps and Sheppard-trained mechanics who maintained B-25s used in the Doolittle Raid eight decades ago.
  • Airman services F-16 landing gear

    Newest F-16 crew dawgs sharpen their skills

  • Col. John Lofton III addresses small group at change of command

    Lofton returns to Sheppard, takes command of 82nd TRG

    Col. John C. Lofton III took command of the 82nd Training Group on July 15, 2020, during a ceremony at Sheppard. He replaced Col. Michael Donahue II, who held the position for three years.
  • Airmen learn to disassemble and inspect a missile loading adapter

    Photos: Armament training foundation of Air Force bite

    The 363rd Training Squadron is where the Air Force's armament specialists begin their careers, learning the foundations of the career field that gives the service's weapons systems their bite.
  • Tech. Sgts. Ryan McBride, 19th Maintenance Squadron NCO in charge of metals technology, and Jason Felts, 19th Maintenance Squadron sheet metal production lead, prepare a new 3D printed hydraulic pump bracket for installation at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, June 4, 2020. 3D printing the bracket will make it easier for C-130J maintenance units across the Air Force to obtain the part and eliminate the need to manufacture the part themselves. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jayden Ford)

    Metals tech training the foundation for NCO's innovative success

    Tech. Sgt. Ryan McBride, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the 19th Maintenance Squadron’s metals technology shop at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, was on the right side of a success story when his idea to have a C-130J Super Hercules hydraulic pump bracket fabricated using 3D printing technology was realized. While the creation of the part did not happen in a traditional metals technology fashion, it still took a foundational knowledge to be able to envision the product from beginning to end.
  • Aircrew Flight Equipment student secures ejection seat riser straps

    AFE last ones to let aircrews down

    When it comes to the safety and survival of the Air Force’s flying community, aircrew flight equipment Airmen are the first in line to ensure they are the last ones to let aircrews down.
  • Members of the 82nd Medical Group medically screen Airmen that recently flew in to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, on May 8, 2020. The Airmen stand in what is called passenger terminal. The passenger terminal was set up to be able to ensure the health and safety of Airmen in the contingency environment. Typically, freshly graduated Airmen are bussed in from Lackland AFB to attend technical training here. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Airmen are being flown in to avoid any contamination during the trip. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert L. McIlrath)

    Sheppard establishes temporary PAX terminal for BMT Airmen

    COVID-19 has promoted most of the planet to change the way things are done, but for Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, technical training for Airmen arriving from basic military training doesn’t stop.
  • A1C Benjamin Missel inspects a landing gear trainer in the F-35 Academic Training Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. on Mar. 12, 2020.

    Second-generation Airman helps fifth-gen fighter reach milestone

    Airman 1st Class Benjamin Missel graduated as the 9,000th F-35 maintainer from the training program on March 13, 2020.
  • Brig. Gen. Linda Hurry, HAF A4, visits Sheppard AFB

    Hurry: Producing highly qualified, skilled Airmen key to AF logistics mission

    Brig. Gen. Linda Hurry, Director of Logistics for the Air Force, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection at the Pentagon responsible for organizing, training and equipping the Air Force’s logisticians who maintain and support missions, said during a visit to Sheppard AFB March 5, 2020, that the Air Force needs Airmen to be more agile, able to think on their feet and perform different types of tasks for the situation or environment they’re in.
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