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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 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. [2] [3]
Keesler AFB: Technical Training 334th Training Squadron: Keesler AFB: Gators: Airfield Operations / Command and Control Technical Training 335th Training Squadron: Keesler AFB: Bulls: Technical Training 336th Training Squadron: Keesler AFB: Red Wolves: Cyberspace Technical Training 338th Training Squadron: Keesler AFB: Dark Knights: Technical ...
Col. Jeffrey D. Shulman (right) becomes the new commander of the 80th Flying Training Wing during the change of command ceremony on Wednesday at Sheppard Air Force Base.
For those pilots and CSOs selected for assignment to fighter aircraft, they will complete the Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals (IFF) course, an AETC-administered program, at Randolph AFB, Texas, Columbus AFB, Mississippi, or Sheppard AFB, Texas, shortly following completion of undergraduate flying training and prior to reporting to their FTU.
3700th Technical Training Wing: Sheppard AFB, TX: ATC: 1 Nov 1979: 1 Feb 1992: Redesignated 3700th Technical Training Group [114] 3750th Basic Training Wing 3750th Technical Training Wing: Sheppard AFB, TX: ATC: 28 Aug 1948 1 Apr 1949: 1 Apr 1949 1 Jan 1959: Replace 370 AF Base Unit. Redesignated Sheppard Technical Training Center. [181] [182 ...
Also, the training schools at the bases which remained open were consolidated into the Army Air Forces (later Air Force) base units. After the establishment of the United States Air Force in September 1947 and the implementation of the Hobson Wing-Base plan in 1948, the Base Units were discontinued, and ATC established new Technical Training ...
The Army Aviation School moved to Alabama in August,1954 and the first class began at Rucker that October. On February 1,1955, the Army Aviation Center was officially established at Rucker. In the same year during the month of October, the post was given permanent status and changed their name from Camp Rucker to Fort Rucker.