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  • Alaska cop aces Sheppard AFB munitions systems course

    Anchorage, Alaska, police officer and former security forces military working dog handler Tech. Sgt. Stephen Conklin exploded onto the scene of a new career field by achieving perfect scores in the 363rd Training Squadron’s munitions systems apprentice course.

  • 82nd TRW faculty development tests avatar-based counseling platform

    The 82nd Training Wing Faculty Development Flight is jumping on board the technology train to teach new technical training instructors an old technique in a tried-and-true, yet innovative way – simulation. Basic Instructor Course students are provided an overview of the technology they are about to

  • Bell assumes command of 82nd TRW

    The career of Col. Kenyon K. Bell came full circle June 21, 2019, as he took command of the 82nd Training Wing, the organization under which he learned his craft as an aircraft maintenance officer roughly 24 years ago.

  • International environment, innovation to headline 21st-century pilot training

    The 77th meeting of the ENJJPT Steering Committee, which is the governing body of the world’s only internationally manned and operated pilot training program, was held at Sheppard AFB March 11-15 to give representatives from partner nations an opportunity to discuss the physical and financial health

  • Thiesen takes command of GAF TTC, prepares for move to Sheppard

    A new commander took the reins of the German air force Tactical Training USA Command, which is set to move to Sheppard Air Force Base soon, during a change of command ceremony, March 13, 2019, at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Col. Werner Theisen assumed command of the GAF Tactical Training

  • Donovan: Readiness, force lethality begins with training

    Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew P. Donovan, the second highest ranking civilian in the Department of the Air Force, visited Sheppard on Feb. 14, 2019, to see how the Air Force’s largest and most diverse technical and undergraduate pilot training base is employing technology to train today’s

  • 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

  • Gudgel: Industrial Age way of teaching giving way to innovation

    Chief Master Sgt. Juliet Gudgel, AETC command chief master sergeant, said Jan. 31, 2018, during a three-day visit to North Texas that Sheppard AFB is leading the charge on challenging the status quo, training Airmen in a different and meaningful way, and employs equipment and innovation in a way