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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 3630th Flying Training Wing was activated at Sheppard Air Force Base on 10 December 1965 to provide pilot training for the German Air Force. It was discontinued and replaced by the 80th Flying Training Wing' in 1972 as part of an Air Training Command program to replace its four-digit Major Command controlled wings with wings that had a ...
The 469th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 80th Flying Training Wing and is based at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.. The first predecessor of the squadron, the 469th Bombardment Squadron, served during World War II as an Operational Training Unit, and later as a Replacement Training Unit.
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.
A military pay raise will bump up pay for the estimated 6,114 military personnel at Sheppard Air Force Base.
The Maintenance Man statue and a T-38 Talon are two recognizable features greeting personnel and visitors at the newly constructed Main Gate at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Nov. 17, 2020.
The training wing is stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas where it is also a host unit. [ 2 ] The Training Wing produces more than 62,000 graduates annually in over 1,000+ technical training courses, including aircraft maintenance, civil engineering, and nuclear and conventional munitions.
The instructor pilot was in a T-6A Texan II at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, when the seat activated during ground operations on Monday. The pilot was taken to a hospital and ...