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  • EOD Preliminary Course Challenges Students Physically and Mentally

    Master Sgt. Kyle Chandler and his staff of trainers and coaches will spend the next few weeks pushing the students to their physical, mental, and emotional limits before they move on to the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal course at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

  • Lahella Jones named SAPR Victim Advocate of the Year

    Ms. Jones was recognized by the Department of Defense as the SAPR Victim Advocate of the Year for 2023. Her involvement with SAPR began in 2006, when she volunteered during her active-duty Air Force career.

  • 82nd TRW recognizes annual award winners

    The 82nd Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base hosted its annual award banquet at the Wichita Falls Multi-Purpose Events Center to recognize its Annual and Technical Training Award winners Feb. 3, 2023.

  • New District 13 congressman visits Sheppard

    Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Amarillo) made his first visit to Sheppard AFB Jan. 27, 2021, home to the only Air Force installation that conducts both technical and pilot training.

  • 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

  • Massachusetts native ACEs E&E course

    An Airman from the 364th Training Squadron said he loves a challenge, so he went and challenged himself to perfect one of the challenging courses we have here on Sheppard. Spoiler alert – he won

  • Sheppard salutes area COVID-19 frontline fighters with Spirit Over Texoma

    Ten aircraft from Sheppard AFB took off at about 4 p.m. May 1, 2020, to pay tribute to those engaged in this fight with flyovers in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma as part of Spirit Over Texoma. Areas included Wichita Falls, Burkburnett, Electra and Iowa Park, Texas, as well as a flyovers in