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  • Severe Weather Awareness Week prepares Sheppard for what's to come

    To regognize severe weather, the state of Texas is holding a Severe Weather Awareness Week Feb. 21-27 27 to raise awareness of possible weather threats.Severe weather can happen year round, but primarily occurs in the spring between March and May. People living in the especially hazardous Tornado

  • White wins Armed Forces Marathon

    A second lieutenant assigned to the 80th Operations Support Squadron, represented the Air Force to the fullest at the Armed Forces Cross Country Championship when she finished in first place Feb. 13 at Plantes Ferry Sports Complex, Spokane Valley, Wash. 2nd Lt. Caroline White finished the eight

  • Randolph graphic artist wins San Antonio USO T-shirt design contest

    An entry from a Randolph Air Force Base graphic artist recently won the second annual United Services Organization's (USO) San Antonio T-shirt Design Contest. "It was quite a surprise when I found out that I won," said Tony Ervin, 502nd ABW Public Affairs graphic artist. "I forgot all about entering

  • Laughlin pilot helps launch Iraqi Air Force

    Most people are ecstatic to shave four months off of a 12-month deployment, being able to return to family and creature comforts a little sooner. However, for one former Laughlin lieutenant colonel who did just that. And returning home was bittersweet.Lt. Col. Chris Spigelmire, the former 47th

  • Gray shares legacy of Buffalo Soldiers

    The history of the Buffalo Soldiers was described to Sheppard members at the Living Legends Banquet Museum Feb. 19 at the community center. Trooper Fred Gray, former president of the Lawton-Fort Sill Chapter of the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Association of the Buffalo Soldiers, shared the legacy of

  • 5K run raises awareness of San Antonio's homeless

    Staff, students and recently-graduated Airmen from Basic Sensor Operator Training at Randolph Air Force Base assisted organizers of a downtown San Antonio event Feb. 20 to elevate awareness of the city's homeless and to raise money to assist them.Randolph volunteers participated in the San Antonio