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Air Education and Training Command Command Chief Master Sgt. Julie Gudgel, left, is greeted by an Itatian air force officer during a visit to the 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 20, 2020. Gudgel is preparing to retire after three years as the command chief. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Pedro Tenorio)
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Airman 1st Class Christine Smith and Airman 1st Class Kaylie Cunningham, 364th Training Squadron electrical and environmental apprentice course students, remove and install an oxygen regulator on an F-15 Eagle at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, June 14, 2019. In an effort to expand learning opportunities for Airmen and enable training and education from any device, Air Education and Training Command has begun the Learning Wi-Fi Service project to install commercial wireless Internet across the command’s installations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)
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Innovation, scalability and data focus areas for Pilot Training Next 2.0

Pilot Training Next program students, left, simulate being in a parachute while 82nd Aerospace Medical Squadron physiology technicians supervise them at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 29, 2019. This is the same training that the Euro-Nato Joint Jet Pilot Training program students with the 80th Flying Training Wing go through during their stay at Sheppard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)
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Innovation, scalability and data focus areas for Pilot Training Next 2.0

A student from the Pilot Training Next program conducts training on the lateral drift trainer at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 29, 2019. The current PTN class is comprised of 26 students, including 16 active duty officer students (six of whom are participating in a remotely-piloted aircraft only track), two Air National Guard officers, two U.S. Navy officers, one Royal Air Force officer, and five enlisted Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)
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Airman Chris Hilton, left front, and Airman 1st Class Dominik Roeglin, right front, 362nd Training Squadron F-15 crew chief apprentice course students, open an F-15's nose at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, August 1, 2018. The radar used in the F-15 Fighting Falcon's at Sheppard are an A model. Older versions that are static, non-moving pieces. There are still some F-15s in service that use these A model radars, but everything is slowly progressing towards the fancier radars. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)
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Sheppard AFB's 75th Anniversary

Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, hosted missile maintenance training for more than three decades, from the 1950s to the 1980s, when it was transferred to Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Sheppard still plays a vital role in the Air Force's global deterrence mission, however, providing core nuclear munitions courses to officer and enlisted students. In 2016, the 82nd Training Wing opened field training detachments at Air Force Global Strike Command bases, providing advanced courses in missile maintenance. (Courtesy Photo)
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Sheppard AFB's 75th Anniversary

Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, had the honor of serving as a reception point for Operation Homecoming in 1973, helping to welcome home Vietnam POWs after years of captivity. (Courtesy Photo)
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Sheppard AFB's 75th Anniversary

The Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program launched at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, in 1981. Since then, the program has delivered more than 7,000 combat pilots for its 13 partner nations in support of the NATO Alliance. Just as importantly, the program has fostered vital relationships between nations that have formed the foundations for effective coalition air operations over the ensuing decades. (Courtesy Photo)
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Sheppard AFB's 75th Anniversary

Sheppard Air Force Base's airfield and hangars are shown under construction in 1941. Some of these hangars are still in daily use today, housing crew chief technical training courses for various fighter and heavy aircraft. (Courtesy Photo)
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Sheppard AFB's 75th Anniversary

Aircraft engine mechanic students at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, learn pre-flight procedures on propeller-driven aircraft during World War II. Today, the 82nd Training Wing at Sheppard and more than 60 global detachments provides aircraft maintenance training supporting every air frame in the Air Force. (Courtesy Photo)
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2016 BET Awards

Maj. Kenyatta Ruffin, will be recognized live at the BET awards, June 26, during the “Shine a Light” segment. He is being recognized for his impact as the founder of Legacy Flight Academy, a non-profit organization that assists minority youths in pursuing careers in aviation and raising awareness about benefits and opportunities in the military. (Courtesy photo)
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2016 BET Awards

Maj. Kenyatta Ruffin is the founder of Legacy Flight Academy, a non-profit organization that assists minority youths in pursuing careers in aviation and raising awareness about benefits and opportunities in the military. He will be recognized live at the BET awards, June 26, during the “Shine a Light” segment.
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Sheppard AFB

An Airman-in-Training restocks the shredded cheese section at the Defense Commissary Agency cooler shelves on Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 27, 2015. More than 150 Airmen and volunteers helped rescue more than $200,000 in perishable grocery items from a lighting strike that shut down the commissary power. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mike Meares)
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Sheppard AFB

A technical training student at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, competes in a drill competition at the base parade grounds, Sept. 25, 2015. The drill competition promotes friendly rivalry and morale among the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kyle Gese)
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Dove hunt

Staff Sgt. Daniel Cole, 364th Training Squadron instructor, points his shotgun at a dove passing by during the dove hunt portion of the Clay County Dove Salute in Henrietta, Texas, Sept. 12, 2015. Airmen were invited to the Birdwell and Clark Ranch to participate in dove hunt and a Texas-style steak dinner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Gese)
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Water survival

Laura Silver, 80th Operation Support Squadron stabilizes Capt. Brandon Bailey, 459th Flying Training Squadron Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training instructor pilot, before he gets pulled into the base swimming pool at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Bailey was by a pulley system operated by course instructors as part of the water survival refresher training. The training simulates a parachute water landing after ejecting from a T-38 Talon aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Danny Webb)
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Bike race

Jarrod Smith, (left), Clay Jacobs, (middle), and Christopher Freeman, (right), take a break at a rest stop at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, during the Hotter'N Hell 100 bike race Aug. 29, 2015. Freeman is a veteran who was paralyzed from the waist down after a car accident in 2010. He has participated in three Hotter'N Hell rides since the accident to share his story of resiliency with other riders, and observers along the route. (U.S. Air Force photo by Danny Webb)
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Engine build

Airman 1st Class Rosemary Dimola, 361st Training Squadron student, installs and inspects thermocouples during a T-56 engine build up used on a C-130 Hercules aircraft Aug. 12, 2015, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. The Thermocouples reads the inlet temperature inside the engine and is necessary for letting the pilot know the temperature of the turbine engine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Danny Webb)
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Hotline Training

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Goodrick, (left), from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and Airman 1st Class Jaylen Wilkens, from Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, train as 366th Training Squadron Hotline Training Course students at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 7, 2015. Goodrick and Wilkens secured a tool called “the tree” that safely lifts power lines from the insulators. They use this tool to transfer the power lines to a new pole. Airmen in this course wear a modified uniform to protect themselves from the various equipment and chemicals they use. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Gese)
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Altus AFB hosts M2 machine gun training

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Sewell, 97th Security Forces Squadron, combat arms training and maintenance instructor, fires an M2 machine gun while U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Bradley Primmer, 82nd SFS CATM instructor from Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, feeds munitions to the weapon at the Kerr Hill Machine Gun Range, Aug. 7, 2015. Members from the 97th SFS and 82nd SFS trained together to qualify and maintain M2 certifications. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dillon Davis)
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