Detachment 7 of the 373rd Training Squadron

Detachment 7 of the 373rd Training Squadron, 982nd Training Group, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, provides advanced aircraft maintenance training to the 16th Special Operations Wing, and is a Community College of the Air Force-affiliated school.

Forty-one instructors from 14 aircraft maintenance career fields develop and teach more than 100 formal maintenance courses covering advanced troubleshooting and in-depth theory of operation of aircraft systems, with a special focus on the highly complex aircraft systems which are unique to Air Force Special Operations Command. The detachment trains more than 2,000 students annually.

In addition to supporting the host wing, Detachment 7 also teaches Air Force Reserve technicians from the 919th Special Operations Wing at Duke Field, Fla., AFSOC overseas en route students, aircraft technicians from other services and international students. Instructors often deploy in support of Air Staff-directed conversion training for the Air National Guard, AFR and AFSOC. Detachment 7 was established in 1963 at Eglin Auxiliary Field 9, Hurlburt Field's original designation, and was absorbed into the 16th Logistics Support Squadron as the AFSOC Maintenance Training Flight in November 1994. The FTD was reactivated as Detachment 7 on July 1, 1995, maintaining the same mission and focus throughout each transition.

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