82nd Training Wing

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82d Training Wing (Military)
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Active1947-1949
1972-1993
1993 - present
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
Type Training
Part of Air Education and Training Command
Garrison/HQ Sheppard Air Force Base
Motto(s)Adorimini Latin Up and At 'Em [1]
Decorations Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Commanders
current commanderBrigadier General Paul G. Filcek
Vice CommanderColonel Kellie S. Courtland
Command Chief Master SergeantChief Master Sgt. Rey D. Schultz

The 82nd Training Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force that is assigned to the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), Second Air Force. It is stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base, near Wichita Falls, Texas, and serves as the host unit for the base. [2]

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The 82nd Training Wing provides technical training to more than 62,000 Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and international students annually. It delivers more than 1,000 courses across 60+ Air Force specialties, including aircraft maintenance, civil engineering, nuclear and conventional munitions, aerospace ground equipment, telecommunications, and other advanced logistics and support skills. [2]

The Wing is also home to the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program (ENJJPT), the world's only multi-nationally manned and managed flying training program, which trains combat pilots for NATO countries. [3]

As of 2025, the commander of the 82nd Training Wing is Brigadier General George T.M. Dietrich III. The Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant John P. Chilcote. [4]

Units

The 82nd TW is the largest of four technical training wings in Air Education and Training Command. The 82nd, 782nd, and 982nd Training Groups conduct training at Sheppard and at geographically separated locations around the country. The 982nd Training Group conducts training at locations worldwide.

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Additionally, the 82nd Comptroller Squadron (82 CPTS) reports directly to the 82 TRW.

Air Training Command

First ten women officers The first ten female officers to graduate from the Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training Program pose for a group photo in front of a T-38 training aircraft, Williams Air Force Base, AZ DF-ST-84-00864.jpg
First ten women officers

The 82nd replaced and absorbed resources of the 3525th Pilot Training Wing in February 1973 at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona and assumed undergraduate pilot training operations in Cessna T-37 Tweet and Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft. Assigned to the wing were the 96th and 97th Flying Training Squadrons.

On 19 September 1976, the first women entered undergraduate pilot training. Ten female students were in Class 77–08. First Lieutenant Christine E. Schott became the first woman to solo in the T-38. On 2 September 1977, Class 77-08 graduated. The ten women received their wings along with 36 male classmates. In March 1978, the 82nd's first female instructor pilot, Captain Connie Engel, was assigned to the 97th Fighter Training Squadron to instruct T-38 students.

Air Training Command activated the 98th and the 99th Flying Training Squadrons on 1 June 1988 to test a four-squadron organization. The test showed the wing needed a fifth squadron to provide operational support. On 1 September 1989, ATC activated the 100th Flying Training Squadron.

In 1991 Congress approved the second round of base closures, as identified by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission. On that list was Williams. The base was to cease operation as of 30 September 1993. With Williams scheduled to close, ATC decided to move part of that base's T-38 fleet to Sheppard Air Force Base during 1992.

HQ USAF redesignated the 82nd Flying Training Wing as the 82nd Training Wing and assigned the designation to Air Education and Training Command on 1 July 1993. The 82nd was inactivated at Williams and HQ AETC activated the 82nd Training Wing at Sheppard and assigned it to Second Air Force. The 82nd's new mission was to conduct ground technical training. The 82nd also became the host unit at Sheppard.

The 782nd Training Group was activated on 23 March 1994 and assigned it to the 82nd Training Wing. At the same time, the 396th Technical Training Group changed its name to the 82nd Training Group, the 82nd Medical Group became the 882nd Training Group, and the 82nd Field Training Group became the 982nd Training Group. On 30 March, the wing began providing technician training, first in the C-141 crew chief course and, a day later, in the F-16 crew chief course. The C-141 program graduated its first class in August, followed in September by the F-16 class.

Lineage

Organized on 15 August 1947
Inactivated on 2 October 1949
Activated on 1 February 1973
Inactivated on 31 March 1993

Assignments

Components

Groups

Squadrons

Other

Stations

Aircraft operated

Notes

  1. Ravenstein, pp. 117–118
  2. 1 2 "Sheppard Air Force Base - 82nd Training Wing". sheppard.af.mil. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  3. "Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training". sheppard.af.mil. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  4. "82nd Training Wing Leadership". sheppard.af.mil. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  5. "Factsheets : 82nd Training Group". Archived from the original on 6 April 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  6. "Factsheets : 782nd Training Group". Archived from the original on 6 April 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  7. "Factsheets : 982nd Training Group". Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  8. "Factsheets : 82nd Mission Support Group". Archived from the original on 6 April 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  9. "Factsheets : 82nd Medical Group". Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  10. "Technical Training". www.sheppard.af.mil. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
  11. Despite the similarity in names, the wing is not related to the 82d Flying Training Wing (Flexible Gunnery) that was constituted in 1943, activated on 25 August 1943 at Las Vegas Army Airfield, Nevada and assigned to Western Flying Training Command and disbanded on 16 June 1946.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Haulman, Daniel L. (21 June 2017). "82 Training Wing (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

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