T-38 aircraft mishap at Sheppard Air Force Base
A T-38 Talon crashed at approximately 6:48 am today just south of Sheppard AFB near Pecanway Drive and Horton Lane. It carried two people on board, a student pilot and instructor pilot, the instructor...
View ArticleSheppard responds to T-38 crash
A T-38 Talon crashed south of Sheppard July 19 at 6:48 a.m., where two pilots on board ejected safely. Both pilots have been identified as instructor pilot Maj. Christopher Thompson and German Air...
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Volunteers needed for Hotter 'N Hell bike race on Aug. 24
With an estimated 14,000 cyclists set to participate 32nd annual Hotter 'N Hell bike race Aug. 24, organizers for the Sheppard portion of the event are in need of approximately 150 volunteers to help...
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Weapons instructor is commander's 'Wingman of Choice'
Name and rank: Tech. Sgt. Robert Wayne Legg Go by name: "Ricky Bobby" Squadron/Duty phone: 363rd Training Squadron Duty title: Nuclear Weapons Instructor Hometown: Big Spring, Texas Years of service...
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Sheppard gets wet in cardboard boat race
Sheppard Airmen and families made a splash at the base pool using the most unlikely of materials--cardboard and duct tape. The annual build-a-boat competition at Sheppard made a splash July 20 with the...
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Sheppard kicks off focus week
Focus week on Sheppard gets into high gear beginning Monday and running through August 7. The week includes speeches by motivational speaker Dan Clark and commander's calls throughout the week focusing...
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365 TRS NCO is commander's "Wingman of Choice"
Name and rank: Tech. Sgt. Robert E. Kaylor Go by name: Rob Squadron: 365th Training Squadron Duty title: A-10/F-15 Avionics Element Chief Hometown: Charelston, S.C. Years of service and time on...
View ArticleAirman guilty of involuntary manslaughter in death of 82 LRS civilian
A senior airman assigned to the 82nd Dental Squadron here was sentenced to 30 months confinement, a bad conduct discharge and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade after admitting she drove drunk and...
View ArticleTeam Sheppard Staff Sergeants tabbed for promotion
Air Force officials selected 13,448 of 33,060 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant, a selection rate of 40.68 percent, Air Force Personnel Center officials said. The average score for...
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Maintenance student wins ACE award
On July 29 the ACE award, given for maintaining a 100 percent grade average throughout each block test, was achieved by Airman 1st Class Elijah Lahud, a 362nd Training Squadron student from Duluth, MN,...
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Instructor helps save trucker's life
When a concrete truck careened across multiple lanes of traffic on the highway, Tech. Sgt. Robert Legg, a 363rd Training Squadron nuclear weapons instructor, used his military training to jump into...
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Sheppard and Wichita falls combat West Nile season
Summer is finally here, but unfortunately so are the mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are not only pesky, they can also carry serious diseases like the West Nile Virus. Last year, according to medical reports,...
View ArticleITU in need of participants for digital technology trial Aug 19-22
The 982nd Maintenance Squadron's Instructional Technology Unit is in need of volunteers to participate in a small group tryout of the revamped fire extinguisher course from Aug. 19-22. Each volunteer...
View ArticleAirman surprises classmates with Hawaiian tradition
A native Hawaiian Airman spread a little "Aloha" in Texas during his technical school graduation. Airman 1st Class Shawn Hanakawa, 363rd Training Squadron ammunition, graduated from his technical...
View ArticleTech unit saves training squadrons an estimated $344,000
At the click of a mouse an Airman can virtually step off into the wild blue yonder, looking at an airplane that reacts to real-time keyboard controls. This simulation is an electronic world created by...
View Article82 MSG, 80 FTW score quarterly recycling awards
The 82nd Mission Support Group and the 80th Flying Training Wing were named Team Sheppard's FY '13 3rd quarter Recycling Incentive Award winners during the base's quarterly Environmental, Safety and...
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Sheppard hosts motivational speaker during'Focus Week'
The 82nd Training Wing's "focus week" kicked off Aug. 4 when Dan Clark, a motivational speaker who has given speeches to more than four million people in 50 countries, spoke to Airmen about the...
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Love for Lamia: Retired general devotes life to help Afghans
It was part of the international relationship building he spoke about to the graduating pilots from Euro NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program, Aug. 9. 2013, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, that has...
View ArticleFormer Sheppard student pilot speaks to graduating class
More than 43 years after earning his wings here, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) John Bradley, took the stage to talk responsibility, perspective and what lies ahead for the Euro NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program...
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