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  • When the thunder rolls, weather flight is in control

    For most people, figuring out if a jacket or an umbrella will be needed for the day simply means looking at a smartphone’s weather app and then making a decision. But for the 80th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight, the decisions made based off a weather forecast involve a lot more pressure.

  • T-6 Texan II crashes at Sheppard AFB

    UPDATE: A T-6 Texan II from Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, crashed just before 2 p.m. May 1, southwest of Hastings, Oklahoma. Both crew members ejected safely and have returned to base. The aircraft was performing a pilot instructor training mission at the time of the accident.

  • Sheppard Defender receives medal for life-saving actions

    On November 12, 2018, a 74 year old woman knocked on the door of her neighbor when she was suffering from pneumonia, luckily for her, one Senior Airman Janine Casey, 82nd Security Forces Squadron unit scheduler, answered.

  • Pilot training moving at the speed of innovation

    The implementation of virtual and augmented realities by the 80th Flying Training Wing is creating a portfolio of tools that allows instructor and student pilots alike to enhance the learning experience within the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program, the world’s only internationally manned

  • Sheppard a stop during F-35A Lightning II road tour

    Combat pilots from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, made a stop here Jan. 11 to give students of the 80th Flying Training Wing’s Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program and up-close look at the sleek one-seater jet as well as talk about some of its unique features and how the Air Force is deploying

  • 19th AF commander engages Airmen, promotes transparency

    SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas--Maj. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 19th Air Force commander, has made it a priority to visit all of the flying training wings to immerse Airmen in important issues pertaining to the Numbered Air Force. Recently, he visited Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas to officiate the 80th

  • Krieger fluid in acing aircraft hydraulic systems course

    Tech. Sgt. William H. Krieger, a native of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, and a member of the 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, aced the 364th Training Squadron's 49-day aircraft hydraulic systems course at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.