US Air Force base near Wichita Falls, Texas, United States
For the civilian use of this facility, see Wichita Falls Municipal Airport.
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Sheppard Air Force Base
Near Wichita Falls, Texas in the United States of America
Aircraft from the 80th Flying Training Wing and personnel from the 82nd Training Wing at Sheppard AFB.
Airfield shared with Wichita Falls Municipal Airport. Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
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 base is named in honor of Texas Senator John Morris Sheppard, a supporter of military preparations before World War II.
The host unit at Sheppard is the 82d Training Wing (82 TRW), which provides specialized technical training and field training for officers, airmen and civilians of all branches of the U.S. military, other Department of Defense agencies and foreign nationals.
The 80th Flying Training Wing (80 FTW), also at Sheppard, conducts the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) program, a multi-nationally manned and managed flying training program chartered to produce combat pilots for both USAF and NATO. This internationally manned and managed flying training program is the only one in the world.[2]
Brigadier General [1] George T.M. Dietrich III is the commander of the 82d Training Wing and he concurrently serves as the installation commander of Sheppard AFB. Colonel [2] Brad E. Orgeron is the commander of the 80th Flying Training Wing.
Sheppard AFB shares one runway with Wichita Falls Municipal Airport under a joint civil-military arrangement.
^"Airport Diagram – Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls Muni (KSPS)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
^"Sheppard Air Force Base > Library > Sheppard History". sheppard.af.mil. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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