Sheppard Air Force Base

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Sheppard Air Force Base
Satellite image from 1996
Characteristics
ICAO code KSPS
IATA code PLC
Coordinates

33 ° 59 ′ 20 "  N , 98 ° 29 ′ 31"  W Coordinates: 33 ° 59 ′ 20 "  N , 98 ° 29 ′ 31"  W
Height above MSL 311 m (1020  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 5 miles north of Wichita Falls
Basic data
opening 1941
operator United States Air Force
Passengers 69,560 (2017)
Flight
movements 		105,028 (2013/14)
Runways
15C / 33C 3049 m × 46 m asphalt / concrete
15L / 33R 1829 m × 46 m asphalt / concrete
15R / 33L 3993 m × 91 m concrete
17/35 2140 m × 46 m asphalt

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Coat of arms of the two training squadrons

The Sheppard Air Force Base is a military airport of the United States Air Force in Wichita Falls in north Texas . The civil part forms the Wichita Falls Municipal Airport .

Units and associations

There are two Air Education and Training Command training associations at Sheppard AFB . The 82d Training Wing trains technical ground personnel, the 80th Flying Training Wing pilots . The latter is also the NATO flight school of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) program . The ENJJPT squadron is a multinational association established in October 1981, in which prospective fighter pilots, initially from Denmark , Germany (Sheppard has been using it since 1965), Italy , the Netherlands , Norway , Turkey and the USA , on type T 6 and T-38 were trained. Most recently, Belgium and the United Kingdom have been using the facility for the first time since 2019 . A total of 14 nations have training here. Because of the large German proportion of the squadron, the commander of the flying group ( 80th Operations Group ) is usually a German staff officer.

The Air Force Tactical Training Command has also been stationed here since April 1, 2019

history

The 1.2 km² area for the airfield, which opened in October 1941, was acquired by the United States Army Air Corps for one US dollar from a local farmer. The base was named after the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs at the US Senate , John Morris Sheppard , who died in April 1941 . Shortly after the Second World War, various training units were stationed at Sheppard AFB, since the Korean War and foreign soldiers were training, including since 1961, pilots of the Air Force of the Armed Forces .

The cities of Wichita Falls and Fürstenfeldbruck have had a city partnership since 1985, which was largely due to the common ground in the aeronautical training.

Web links

Commons : Sheppard Air Force Base  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wichita Falls, TX: Sheppard AFB / Wichita Falls Municipal (SPS). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed July 8, 2018 .
  2. ↑ AirportIQ 5010: Sheppard AFB / Wichita Falls Municipal. GCR1.com, accessed July 8, 2018 .
  3. ↑ RAF fast jet pilots to train in US, Janes, October 24, 2018