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  • Accident investigation board convenes for fatal T-38 crash at Sheppard

    General William R. Looney III, commander of Air Education and Training Command, has convened an accident investigation board to investigate the T-38C crash that killed two Airmen at Sheppard Air Force Base May 1.Col. Richard Haddad of 23rd Air Force, Hurlburt Field, Fla., will chair the accident

  • Altus becomes fourth base to merge services and mission support squadrons

    The 97th Mission Support and 97th Services Squadron formally merged in a ceremony Monday to become the 97th Force Support Squadron. The new organization is the result of an ongoing Air Force-wide merger of mission support and services squadrons. The new squadron includes five flights: force

  • Recruiters hold fitness event for applicants interested in special ops

    As the Air Force continues to hire future Airmen for its special operations forces, the 333rd Recruiting Squadron in Melbourne, Fla., employs creative ways of reaching out to those who have what it takes to qualify for these hard-to-fill positions. During the 333rd RCS's Air Force Fitness

  • Chief retires as 937th member enlists with his help

    For most of his 30-year career, Chief Master Sgt. Kurt Jensen served as an active duty survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist.  He taught  pilots and other Airmen what to do if they fall behind enemy lines.  When he switched from active-duty service to the Air Force Reserves in 1986,

  • Air Force identifies pilots killed in Sheppard T-38 crash

    Sheppard officials have identified the pilots killed when their T-38C Talon crashed during a May 1 training mission. Maj. Brad Funk, 35, a 90th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, and 2nd Lt. Alec Littler, 23, a student pilot in the 80th Flying Training Wing's Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot

  • 19th Air Force orders safety stand-down day May 5

    The 19th Air Force commander has ordered a one day safety stand-down May 5 of all aircraft operations in his command. Maj Gen. Irving L. Halter Jr., ordered the stand-down as an opportunity for all those associated with flying in the command to re-emphasize and re-focus on the importance of flying

  • Air Force suspends training flights of T-38C aircraft

    Air Education and Training Command suspended flights of T-38C Talon aircraft today following a fatal crash this morning at Sheppard AFB, Texas. The crash was the second in two weeks involving a T-38, following an April 23 accident in which two pilots were killed when their T-38 crashed at Columbus

  • Two killed in T-38 crash at Sheppard

    Two pilots were killed today in a T-38C crash at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.A T-38C Talon assigned to the 80th Flying Training Wing crashed at about 7:45 a.m. May 1. The cause of the crash is under investigation. More information will be released as it becomes available.

  • Sheppard officer finishes strong in Boston Marathon

    A captain assigned to Sheppard Air Force Base finished in the top 2 percent of all runners in the 112th running of the Boston Marathon April 21. Capt. David Max, an instructor pilot at the 80th Operations Support Squadron, finished the 26.2-mile run in 2:43:50 -- a time that put him 249th out a

  • Air Force identifies pilots killed in Columbus crash

    Base officials identified the two pilots killed Wednesday in a T-38C crash on base. Major Blair Faulkner, 43rd Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, and 2nd Lt. Matthew Emmons, Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training class 08-14, died when their aircraft crashed on initial takeoff at about