Sheppard Air Force Base

Sheppard Air Force Base
Part of Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
Located near: Wichita Falls, Texas
82d Training Wing Memorial Day Parade
90th Flying Training Squadron T-38 Talon
Coordinates	33°59′20″N 098°29′31″W / 33.98889°N 98.49194°W / 33.98889; -98.49194 (Sheppard AFB)
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1941
In use	1941 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	BG Patrick J. Doherty
Garrison	82d Training Wing  80th Flying Training Wing

Airfield information
IATA: SPS ICAO: KSPS FAA LID: SPS
Summary
Elevation AMSL	1,019 ft / 311 m
Coordinates	33°59′20″N 098°29′31″W / 33.98889°N 98.49194°W / 33.98889; -98.49194Coordinates: 33°59′20″N 098°29′31″W / 33.98889°N 98.49194°W / 33.98889; -98.49194
Website	www.sheppard.af.mil
Map
KSPS Show map of Texas KSPS Show map of the US Location of Sheppard Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15C/33C 10,003 3,049 Asphalt/Concrete 15L/33R 6,000 1,829 Asphalt/Concrete 15R/33L 13,101 3,993 Concrete 17/35 7,021 2,140 Asphalt

Sheppard Air Force Base (IATA: SPS, ICAO: KSPS, FAA LID: SPS) is a United States Air Force base located five miles (8 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 military, other DoD 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.

As of June 2015, Brigadier General Patrick J. Doherty is the commander of the 82d Training Wing, and he concurrently serves as the installation commander of Sheppard AFB. Colonel Gregory S. Keeton is the commander of the 80th Flying Training Wing.