Sheppard AFB is in Wichita Falls, Texas, and situated approximately 130 miles between Dallas and Oklahoma City. Use U.S. Hwys 281, 82 and 287, and I-44. CROSS-REFERENCE: See specific directions on how to get to the installation under Category INSTALLATION, Related Subject, MUST KNOW ITEMS.
MAJOR COMMAND: Air Education and Training Command (AETC) 82 TRAINING WING COMMANDER: Brigadier General Sharla J. Cook; 80 FLYING TRAINING WING COMMANDER: Colonel Kurt Cichowski; COMMAND CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT: CMSgt John L. Jerkins
MISSION AIRCRAFT: T-37 Tweet, T-38 Talon and AT-38B Talon
MISSION: Sheppard is one of the most diversified of the training bases in AETC. The 82d Training Wing's training programs are administered by the 82d, 782d, 882d and 982d Training Groups. Major base support is provided by the 82d Support Group, the 82d Medical Group and the 82d Logistics Group. The 80th Flying Training Wing is the home of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program (ENJJPT), the free world's only internationally manned and managed undergraduate pilot training program. Technical training is provided in the major academic areas of aircraft maintenance, civil engineering, comptroller, electronics, fuels, telecommunications, biomedical sciences, dentistry, health service administration, clinical sciences, medical readiness, nursing and aeromedical education.
TELEPHONE ACCESS: All commercial telephone numbers listed are area code (940); commercial access to Sheppard AFB is prefix (676); all DSN numbers are prefix (736). Sheppard operator assistance is 940-676-2511; DSN 736-2511.
HISTORY: Sheppard Field was first conceived November 29, 1940, when Major General Rush B. Lincoln, Commandant of U.S. Army Air Corps Technical Schools, surveyed sites around the city of Wichita Falls for a proposed training school. Sheppard Field began as a World War II Army Air Corps Training Center with official dedication of the field on October 17, 1941. The field was named for the late Senator Morris E. Sheppard, former chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee. The field reached its peak strength of 46,340 people while serving as a separation center for troops being discharged following World War II. Control and accountability for Sheppard Field was transferred to the Department of the Air Force August 1, 1948 to supplement Lackland AFB, Texas as a basic training center and was renamed Sheppard AFB.
Sheppard AFB: Installation
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Name : Sheppard Air Force Base
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City : Wichita Falls
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State : TX
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Zip : 76311
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