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  • 372nd FTD Instructors conduct F-16 to F-35 conversion training

    As Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units replace F-16 jets with the F-35s, they need people on the ground who keep the jets in the air. F-35 instructors from the 82nd Training Wing’s 372nd Training Squadron field training detachments do conversion training for seasoned F-16 maintainers

  • Airmen in Training make connections at Operation Destination

    The 82nd Training Wing recently implemented Operation Destination, an event designed to give Airmen in Training a head start making connections and getting insider information about their first duty station. During the events, AiTs learn about the major commands and meet fellow Airmen who are headed

  • Thrive Guide arrives at Sheppard Air Force Base

    The Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce recently published a Thrive Guide featuring base, local and state resources for military-connected families in the area. The Thrive Guide supplements the Five & Thrive Guide, which provides a broader scope of information. The Thrive Guide for Wichita Falls and

  • Cable Dawg Instructors build confined space simulator

    Tech Training Transformation continues at the 82nd Training Wing as instructors from the 364th Training Squadron’s Cable and Antennae School built and implemented a confined space simulator in January 2024, here. The 77-academic day apprentice course has four instructional blocks that cover working

  • 82nd TRW POL puts fuel bladder prototype to the test

    The 82nd Training Wing’s Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants schoolhouse conducted first article testing of a fuel bladder prototype developed through a collaboration between Air Force subject matter experts, the Defense Innovation Unit, and a commercial partner January 24, 2024, here. The prototype is

  • Nondestructive Inspection Airmen learn to look beneath the surface

    Over the course of 51 training days, Nondestructive Inspection instructors from the 82nd Training Wing’s 359th Training Squadron Detachment 1 teach future NDI Airmen how to use technologies like x-ray, ultrasound, eddy currents and oil analysis to detect miniscule defects safely and effectively in

  • Field Training Detachment 4 resumes training at Tyndall Air Force Base

    Category 5 storm Hurricane Michael leveled most of Tyndall Air Force Base on October 10, 2018. The base still bears the scars of the storm’s onslaught, with condemned buildings and splintered tree stumps dotting the nearly 30,000 acres. However, amid the cacophony of nonstop construction and F-35

  • Schoolhouse Rock: Fort Leonard Wood

    Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri is home to the Air Force’s 368th Training Squadron (TRS), which provides initial skills and advanced level training in the areas of engineering, pavements & equipment, and emergency management. Originally located at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, the 368 TRS was first