Choose Wichita Falls - Sheppard Air Force Base
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Wichita Falls is the proud home of Sheppard Air Force, the Air Force’s fourth busiest airfield! It is the only base that conducts both technical and flying training. Our community is known throughout Air Force Leadership for its support of the military installation.
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I went to tech school there in 1982
Hopefully I make it to the tech school
Morgan Khan that’s where I’m scheduled
It’s a mehhhh place
No fond memory of Sheppard. What was to be a 10 week Finance Course stretched to 16 weeks because the Air Force reduced number of assignees to AFSC. Had to wait 6 weeks for classes to fill up before it started. Spent most of the extra time on KP with the rest of the Finance orphans.
Mike, I have to up your story a little. In 1961 I was assigned to Sheppard and the squadron I was assigned to stopped taking any new PATS into the squadron as they were starting to re model all the barracks from the old open bay to the new separate 4 man rooms. This meant that our group was the last PATS the 61st squadron took in. The squadron still had to supply KP's to the chow hall as we still had students and staff using it. Long story short, our group of 15 guys pulled 16 weeks of straight KP before we could even get assigned to a school. The up side to my experience was that the 61st squadron was a recip engine squadron , and we 15 guys were the only ones from the 61st to get Jet engine maintenance school as that was the only class they had going then. That provided me with a life long vocation that I turned into 38 years at American Airlines. Keep in mind that Basic Training was only 8 weeks at that time also...
I think that is or was common at most tech school bases. I also understand that those in the reserves/guard "go first" to class so that they can return home while the active duty waits for their turn in class.
@@billexusaf1542 Thanks that was interesting. Was in the 62nd squadron 63-64. Started in open bay then transitioned to 3 men room barracks.
Trust me, living 20 miles from Nellis AFB, it is not an "airshow" every day, a bit of an annoyance from time to time during Red Flag. Living in Texas? NO thanks.
dusty