April 9, 2020 Sheppard 1 of 5 AETC bases to use new COVID-19 test kits Sheppard AFB is one of five bases in Air Education and Training Command selected to receive new BioFire UEA test kits, which will knock down the turnaround time for COVID-19 results to potentially minutes instead of days, according to AETC.
April 8, 2020 363rd TRS at Sheppard aids in fight against COVID-19 With most cities across the country issuing stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people can only sit at home and wait it out. But others take matters into their own hands to try and make a difference.
April 7, 2020 Sheppard grads make face covers to combat COVID-19 Aircrew flight equipment and other aircraft maintenance career field graduates have put their sewing skills to work to create thousands of cloth face covers out of garments like old uniforms. The race to provide another precautionary measure to the combat toolkit against COVID-19 began in earnest
April 3, 2020 Stocked & Loaded: Airmen-in-Training aid Commissary On April 2, 2020, 362nd Training Squadron Airmen in Training were sent to Sheppard AFB’s commissary, which was deemed mission essential, to help restock shelves.
March 27, 2020 BMT Airmen transported by airlift to Sheppard, other training bases COVID-19 can’t stop the military. It can try, but national security is 24/7 and basic military training, along with technical training at Sheppard AFB and other training installations, continues on its mission to provide trained Airmen to protect and defend the country.
March 27, 2020 Fitness centers adjust to COVID-19 SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the fitness centers at Sheppard Air Force Base are suspending service to everyone other than active duty personnel and guard and reserves on active duty orders.
March 25, 2020 Officials confirm Sheppard's first positive COVID-19 case Public Health officials here notified Sheppard AFB leadership of the installation’s first confirmed case of Coronavirus, or COVID-19. The first case is travel related and involves a member of the 80th Flying Training Wing, home to the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program.
March 15, 2020 82nd TRW commander: We will work to flatten the COVID-19 curve, take care of each other Col. Kenyon Bell, 82nd TRW commander at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, discusses how the base will manage and mitigate the effects of COVID-19 in order to help “flatten the curve” of coronavirus.
March 11, 2020 Hurry: Producing highly qualified, skilled Airmen key to AF logistics mission Brig. Gen. Linda Hurry, Director of Logistics for the Air Force, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection at the Pentagon responsible for organizing, training and equipping the Air Force’s logisticians who maintain and support missions, said during a visit to Sheppard
Feb. 26, 2020 Ohio ANG Airman 'ACEs' aerospace ground equipment course at Sheppard Airman 1st Class Casey M. Evans, from Shelby, Ohio, achieved perfect scores in the aerospace ground equipment apprentice course during the 17 blocks of instruction that spanned 87 training days.