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Sheppard Air Force Base (IATA: SPS, ICAO: KSPS, FAA LID: SPS) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located five miles (8.0 km) north of the central business district of Wichita Falls, in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the largest training base and most diversified in Air Education and Training Command.
The 459th Flying Training Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron tasked with providing undergraduate flying training for Euro-NATO joint jet pilot candidates. Based at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, the unit draws its lineage from a fighter squadron that served in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, where it saw service against the Japanese.
Wichita Falls Regional Airport (IATA: SPS [3], ICAO: KSPS, FAA LID: SPS) is a public and military use airport six miles north of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas. [2] Its runways and taxiways are shared with Sheppard Air Force Base; most operations are military, but American Eagle flies commercial flights to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Col. Jeffrey D. Shulman gives his first salute as commander of the 80th Flying Training Wing during the change of command ceremony on Wednesday at Sheppard Air Force Base.
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Inactivated in 1967; Turner AFB closed and transferred to US Navy in 1968 as NAS Albany. 494th Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Sheppard AFB, Texas; Activated to replace 4245th Strategic Wing B-52D, 1963–1966 864th Bombardment Squadron (a/c from 717 BS) SAC tenant unit on ATC base; Inactivated in 1966. 509th Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Pease AFB, New ...
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