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  • International Motorcycle Ride to Work Day

    The Green Knights Motorcycle Club and other motorcyclists thundered through Sheppard AFB promoting motorcycle awareness and safe riding for International Motorcycle Awareness Ride to Work Day June 15. Richard Chamberlin, a Sheppard Fire Department Dispatcher and the club's president, said this was

  • First F-22 Ace graduate

    A Sheppard Airman became the first "Ace" in the F-22 Raptor June 12 -- sort of. Airman 1st Class Philip Gertz, 362nd Training Squadron F-22 Aircraft Maintenance Course graduate, scored 100 percent on all eight blocks of instruction making him to do so for the course. Airman Gertz said the training

  • Flight becomes first foster unit to military working puppy

    After three weeks, the newest member of the 37th Mission Support Squadron Airman and Family Readiness Flight knows her way around the three-story building, especially the flight chief's office, and often feels comfortable bounding through open doors on surprise visits. Aamee, a four-month old

  • Afghan officer earns U.S. Air Force wings

    The first Afghan officer to train in the United States in nearly 50 years earned silver Air Force wings in a ceremony June 12 at Columbus Air Force Base. Lt. Faiz Mohammed Ramaki was presented pilot wings by Col. Roger Watkins, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, after completing the Aviation

  • Maxwell dedicates veteran MH-53 to Air Park

    The Air Force Pave Low helicopter #69-5785, better known as 785, static display was dedicated a veteran June 8 at Maxwell Air Force Base's Air Park with more than 250 base and River Region members in attendance. For 785, on loan to Maxwell by the Air Force Museum, this was the culmination of an

  • Heat-related illnesses common during Critical Days of Summer

    During the Critical Days of Summer, heat-related illnesses are common if the body is unable to cool itself by sweating and paying attention to early warning sighns is key to survival. John Martin, Sheppard AFB Health and Wellness Center exercise physiologist, said the four biggest issues related to

  • Super Car documentary debuts on airforce.com

    The making of the Air Force's newest national mobile marketing assets, the X-1 and Vapor, can now be seen in a 22-minute documentary featured on airforce.com. The documentary captures a team of Airmen chosen to work with a crew at Galpin Auto Sports to customize a white Ford Mustang (X-1) and a

  • Altus AFSO21 initiative improves C-17 inspection process

    The Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century program office teamed up with the 97th Maintenance Directorate improving the way Altus AFB performs home station checks on C-17 Globemaster IIIs. The team performed a study on maintenance operations and quickly found room for improvement following