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- In July 1940, two Army air corps officers

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landed in Wichita Falls, Texas, in search

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of a place to locate a new technical training school.

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The city's Chamber of Commerce together

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with prominent citizens such as Joseph Kemp

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and Frank Kell leapt into action

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acquiring 650 acres near Kell Field's 3000 foot runway.

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Less than a year later on April 17, 1941,

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Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall

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announced the new Air Corps Technical Training Center

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at Sheppard Field named in honor

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of Texas Senator Morris Sheppard.

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The unsurpassed community support that led

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to the base's birth would become a hallmark

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of Sheppard's 75 year history, and today

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Sheppard is known across the Air Force

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for it's uniquely close relationship

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with the people and communities of North Texas.

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Training has been the core of Sheppard's mission

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since the first airmen arrived

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just seven months before Pearl Harbor.

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By the end of World War II, Sheppard had

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delivered 445,000 basic trainees and 44.000

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aircraft mechanics in support of the Allied victory.

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Over the next seven decades, Sheppard would

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go on to train an estimated seven million airmen,

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soldiers, sailors, Marines, and international students

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to support the defense of the United States and its Allies.

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Today, Sheppard's two wings continue to play

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a vital role in ensuring the future of airpower

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for the United States and its Allies.

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^The 82nd Training Wing is the largest

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^and most diverse technical training

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^operation in the Air Force.

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^Home to three of the Air Force's seven

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^technical training groups, it has a global

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footprint that includes more than sixty locations

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on three continents and delivers nearly half of all

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Air Force technical training graduates

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more than 60,000 in more than 900 formal courses.

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^Known as Aircraft Maintenance University,

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^the 82nd Training Group provides

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^officer and enlisted aircraft maintenance

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^and logistics training to more then 17,000

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^total force and international students annually.

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^Its 116 residents and mobile courses include

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^Tactical Aircraft Maintenance, Propulsion,

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Aerospace Ground Equipment, Aircraft Field Systems,

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Airproof Flight Equipment, Structures and Low Observables,

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Metals Technology, Munitions, Armament, Scheduling, and

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Nuclear Weapons specialties as well as the Aircraft

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Maintenance and Munitions Officer Course, the Air Force

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Logistics Officer School, the Maintenance Course

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for Operational Commanders, and

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the Mission Generation Road Course.

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^The 782nd Training Group is responsible

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^for training more then 19,000 total force and

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^international students in a uniquely

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^wide range of specialties.

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^Its 148 resident and mobile courses include

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^Aircraft Systems Maintenance, Aircraft Avionics

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^Maintenance, Explosive Ordinance Disposal,

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Telecommunications, Fuels, Vehicle Operations,

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and most civil engineer career fields.

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^Through the 367th Training Squadron

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^at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, the group

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^also provides world-class, interactive,

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^multimedia instruction support

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^for the operational needs of Air Combat Command

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and Air Mobility Command.

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The 982nd Training Group is the Air Force's

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largest and most unique technical training group

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delivering formal, full-curriculum training

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^directly to operational commands through

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^its 49 worldwide field training detachments.

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^Each year, it delivers more than 31,000 graduates

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^in 665 courses in Aircraft Maintenance, Munitions,

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^Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Maintenance,

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^and Communications Maintenance.

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^The 982nd also assists units undergoing

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mission changes to new types of weapons systems

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^and directs the acquisition, development,

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^and maintenance of 14,000 training devices

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^and 103 ground instructional training aircraft

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^worth more than three billion dollars.

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^The 82nd also has a long heritage of supporting

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^America's international partners, and students

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^from more than seventy nations have attended

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^its courses over the past decade.

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^Most significantly, the wing provides technical

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^and English language training to the

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^Royal Saudi Air Force's 29 billion dollar F-15 SA Program,

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^the largest foreign military sale in U.S. history.

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^Supporting this global training operation

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^are the 82nd Medical Group and

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^the 82nd Mission Support Group which provide

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a full range of mission and medical support

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to Sheppard's 15,000 permanent party

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and student military members, civilians,

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contractors, family members and retirees

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including meeting the unique needs

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of the 82nd's Partner Wing at Sheppard,

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the 80th Flying Training Wing and one

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of the busiest joint-use airfields in the Air Force.

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^Home to the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program,

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^the 80th Flying Training Wing provides

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^Undergraduate Pilot Training, Introduction to Fighter

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^Fundamentals and Pilot Instructor Training

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in support of the program's fourteen partner nations

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which include Belgium, Canada, Denmark,

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Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands,

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Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain,

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Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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Responsibilities for all aspects of the program

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funding, leadership, curriculum management,

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^and personnel are shared among the partner nations.

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^While delivering the world's best combat pilots

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is at the core of the 80th's mission,

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^it provides about half of all U.S. fighter pilots.

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^Its unique international nature also provides

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a vital foundation to building the international

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^coalitions that are crucial to modern combat operations.

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Launched in 1981, including Operations Desert Shield,

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Desert Storm, Allied Force, Enduring Freedom,

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Iraqi Freedom, New Dawn,

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Odyssey Dawn, and Inherent Resolve.

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^In all, more than 7,200 U.S. and international pilots

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^have earned this wings at ENJJPT

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in its thirty-five year history.

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Team Sheppard, a close partnership

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between the base's units, people, and the local

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community has been vital to mission success,

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and as we look towards the opportunities

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and challenges of the future, it is

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more important than ever.

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Sheppard is already playing a vital role

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as the U.S. and its Allies begin

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to incorporate revolutionary aircraft

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like the F-35 and F-22 into operational use.

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Graduates of the ENJJPT program are already

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being vectored to the F-35 and the Air Force's

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development of the TX program will further

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enhance the 80th's ability to prepare

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new fighter pilots from all of its partner nations

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for the unique demands of flying these aircraft.

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Meanwhile, the 82nd already provides a full-range

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of aircraft maintenance training in support

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of the F-35 and F-22 here at Sheppard

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and through the 359th Training Squadron

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at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

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^The U.S. Air Force faces critical shortages in

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^both in combat pilots and aircraft maintainers,

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^and Sheppard has been at the heart

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^of the Service's effort to address these challenges.

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^Since 2016, the 82nd has nearly doubled

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^its average daily student load as it surges

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^production to meet the Air Force's need.

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Meanwhile, the 80th has increased pilot production

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by nearly 50 percent and continues to maximize production

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to meet the growing demand for pilots.

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Though we're incredibly proud of our 75 year history

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of training America's airmen, we're also

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working through the challenges

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of a 75 year old installation.

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One-third of our primary training space

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is more then seventy years old, and

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fully half of our total facility space

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is more than thirty years old.

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Our 2041 plan address these challenges

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and charts the course to upgrading Sheppard's

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training footprint ensuring that tomorrow's

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airmen will have facilities as modern

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as the aircraft they are training

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to operate and support.

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Since 1941, Team Sheppard has provided

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^combat capability to America and its

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^Allies by training, developing,

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^and inspiring its warriors.

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^We're proud of our heritage and excited

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^about our future as we look forward

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^to delivering world-class training

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for the next 75 years.

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