Sheppard Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Wichita Falls, Texas. It is home of the 82nd Training Wing and the 80th Flying Training Wing , home of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) Program. The ENJJPT Wing is a uniquely manned multinational organization with a USAF wing commander and a German Air Force operations group commander in the top two leadership positions. Command and operations officers' positions in the flying training squadrons rotate among the participating nations, while the commander of the 80th Operations Support Squadron is always from the USAF. Additionally, officers from all 13 participating nations fill subordinate leadership positions throughout the wing. Eight nations-- Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Italy , The Netherlands, Norway, Turkey and the United States --provide instructor pilots based on their number of student pilots. Canada , Greece , Portugal , Spain and the United Kingdom do not have student pilots in training, but do provide one instructor pilot. As an example of this totally integrated structure, an American student pilot may have a Belgian instructor pilot, a Dutch flight commander, a Turkish section commander, an Italian operations office, and a German squadron commander. Sheppard AFB shares its runway with Wichita Falls Municipal Airport. Aircraft of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and coalition counterparts stationed together at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in southwest Asia, fly over the desert. ... Nickname: The City that Faith Built Location within the state of Texas County Wichita County Mayor Lanham Lyne Area    - City 70. ... Wichita Falls Municipal Airport (IATA: SPS, ICAO: KSPS) is an airport located a few miles north of Wichita Falls, Texas. ...

History

Sheppard Air Force Base, officially opened as an Army Air Corps training center in October, 1941. It was established on 300 acres (1.2 km²) just south of Kell Field. The land was sold to the military for one dollar by a Texas cattleman It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

The base was named Sheppard Field, in honor of the late Senator John Morris Sheppard of Texas who had been the former chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee. Within six months after VJ day at the end of World War II, orders were issued to deactivate the field. Over the next two years the National Guard used the base. In April 1948 the Air Force asked that Sheppard Field be disposed of, because in December 21,000 servicemembers arrived to reactivate the base, which was renamed Sheppard Air Force Base. Morris Sheppard John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875 - April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. ... Official language(s) None See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... 15 August 1945 marked Victory over Japan or VJ Day, taking a name similar to Victory in Europe Day, which was generally known as VE Day. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian... The United States National Guard is a component of the United States Army (the Army National Guard) and the United States Air Force (the Air National Guard). ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Aircraft of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and coalition counterparts stationed together at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in southwest Asia, fly over the desert. ...

Over the next three decades three training schools were stationed at the base training students in aircraft maintenance, transportation, communication, civil engineering, and field training. The base conducted two Undergraduate Pilot Training programs from 1961-1971, one for West Germany and the other for South Vietnamese helicopter pilots. Between 1960 and 1965 the Strategic Air Command had units stationed at the base that conducted aerospace rescue schools and weather instruction. The Air Force School of Health Care Sciences offered training in Avionics (Fighters and Heavies), dentistry, medicine, nursing, and health-services administration. The population of the base had declined to 3,825 in 1990. Look up Communication in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ... Air Education and Training Command (AETC), with headquarters at Randolph AFB near San Antonio, Texas, was established July 1, 1993, with the realignment of Air Training Command and Air University. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... National motto: ??? Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area  - Total  - % water 173,809km² N/A population  - Total  - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... For the film of the same name, see Strategic Air Command (film) The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was the operational establishment of the United States Air Force in charge of Americas bomber-based and ballistic missile-based strategic nuclear arsenal from 1946 to 1992. ... Look up aerospace in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The onboard electronics used for piloting an aircraft are called avionics (AVI-ation electr-ONICS). ... A Dentist and Dental Assistant perform surgery on a patient. ... Medicine is a branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, treatment and possible prevention of disease and injury. ... Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals, families, and communities in attaining, re-attaining, and maintaining optimal health and functioning. ... ...

The Department of Defense has proposed a major realignment of the base, with a projected loss of over 2,600 military personnel, as part of the Base Realignment and Closure program announced on May 13, 2005. The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated as DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ... The preliminary 2005 Base Realignment and Closure list was released by the United States Department of Defense on May 13, 2005. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Official website
• Sheppard AFB, Texas from the ad-supported GlobalSecurity.org
• The Handbook of Texas - Sheppard Air Force Base (source of History)
• BRAC 2005: Closings, Realignments to Reshape Infrastructure
• Base list leaves Texas cities relieved or rethinking plans, a May 2005 Houston Chronicle article