82d Training Wing
The 82d Training Wing (82 TW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Education and Training Command Second Air Force. It is stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas where it also is the host unit.
The wing conducts all ground-based technical training at the base. The primary training is medical, maintenance and support training conducted by the four assigned training groups. It also hosts the 80th Flying Training Wing. It also conducts technical and health-care training for men and women of the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps, as well as several allied nations.
The units' history goes back to the 82d Fighter Group, which was a Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Force combat unit that fought in North Africa and Italy during World War II. During the early years of the Cold War, the 82d Fighter Wing was a Strategic Air Command unit that trained in fighter escort and tactical fighter operations in the postwar era.
The commander of the 82d Training Wing is Brig. Gen. Darryl W. Burke. The Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Kenneth W. Sallinger.
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