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**Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS)**
ICAO:	KSPS
FAA:	SPS
City:	Wichita Falls
County:	Wichita
State:	Texas
TRACON:	?
ARTCC:	Fort Worth

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Welcome to the Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS) aviation article, the Air Force Base located in Wichita County, Texas.
This is where you, the user, may index any articles, frequencies-lists, etc. that you develop for scanning related topics for this Air Force Base.

Notes

KSPS is a public and military use airport that functions as both "Wichita Falls Regional Airport" and "Sheppard Air Force Base".

Trunked System

Police, fire, EMS and base support services are on site 9 of the United States Air Force (BC31) trunked radio system.
There are many unidentified talkgroups used at Sheppard listed at United States Air Force (BC31) Unknown Talkgroups.

Unidentified/Unconfirmed Frequencies

The following frequencies are not listed in the database. If you can confirm them please submit the information and remove them from this list.

Aviation Frequencies

Frequency Mode - Description
138.1000 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
139.8250 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
140.0000 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
140.1250 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
140.3500 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
140.3750 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
140.4000 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air Victor 9?
140.4250 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
140.4500 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
140.9250 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
141.4250 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
141.7750 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
142.2000 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air Victor 22?
142.4000 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
142.9000 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
143.8750 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
148.0500 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
148.1750 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
149.2500 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
149.5250 AM - 80th FTW Air-to-air?
149.6500 AM - SOF? Ops?
229.0500 AM - Base Ops? 80th FTW Command Post?
264.0000 AM - MOA Discreet?
311.0000 AM - Command Post (unknown if still used)
321.0000 AM - Command Post (unknown if still used)
343.9500 AM - Arrival Discreet
346.2750 AM - Arrival Discreet
353.7750 AM - Arrival Discreet
392.1000 AM - Blue Departure

A list of local channel presets is on page 11 of sheppardafbi13-204.pdf

Other Frequencies

Frequency Type Tone - Description
142.2750 BF CSQ - SCADA
165.1375 BF CSQ - SCADA
407.3750 BF 186.2 PL - SCADA
413.3000 BF 186.2 PL - SCADA

The following were voice channels on the old trunked system before it became part of the San Antonio Military SmartZone system. It is not known if they are still used.
- 410.2375
- 410.6375

Old Frequencies

See Wichita County (TX) Old Frequencies for frequencies used before the trunked system was installed.

Military Operating Areas (MOAs)

MOAs used by the T-6
Sheppard 1 MOA Sub Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Sheppard 2 MOA Sub Areas 10A 10B, 11A 11B, 12A 12B, 13A 13B, 14A 14B

MOAs used by the T-38
Hollis MOA Sub Areas Hollis A, Hollis B, Reed
Washita MOA Sub Areas Pine, Oak
Westover 1 MOA Sub Areas Dundee, Stover, Vera, Goree
Westover 2 MOA Sub Areas Steen, Elm, Oliver, Brazo, Dumont
MOA info from share the air

Callsigns

As of 9/15/10 the following are common call signs used by military aircraft while training and or passing through the area. Some of the call signs are assigned to Sheppard aircraft, but not all. This list may not be 100% correct and call signs could change without notice.

BLADE T-6, BAJA T-38, BANGER T-38, BEAR T-38, DOZER T-38, HAMMER T-38, KENT T-38, MADCAT T-38, MUSTANG ? (Navy Ft Worth)?, SNORT T-38

External Links

Related Files

Share The Air (.pdf)

Related Wiki Pages

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 ==Notes==
 *KSPS is a public and military use airport that functions as both "[[Airports Wichita County (TX)#Wichita Falls Regional Airport (SPS)|Wichita Falls Regional Airport]]" and "Sheppard Air Force Base".
-==Related Wiki Pages==
-*[[United States Air Force (BC31)]]
-*[[Airports Wichita County (TX)]]
-*[[Gulf States Milcom]]
-*[[Aircraft]]
-*[[Federal Aviation Administration]]
-*[[Transportation Security Administration]]
-== Related Files ==
-*[http://www.sheppard.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-120221-059.pdf Share The Air (.pdf)]
-==External Links==
-*[http://www.sheppard.af.mil Sheppard AFB home page]
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheppard_Air_Force_Base Wikipedia:Sheppard Air Force Base]
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_Falls_Municipal_Airport Wikipedia:Whichita Falls Municipal Airport]
-*[https://www.facebook.com/SheppardAirForceBase/ FaceBook:Sheppard Air Force Base]
 == Trunked System ==
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 ** 410.2375
 ** 410.6375
+==Old Frequencies==
+* See [[Wichita County (TX) Old Frequencies]] for frequencies used before the trunked system was installed.
 == Military Operating Areas (MOAs) ==
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 BLADE T-6, BAJA T-38, BANGER T-38, BEAR T-38, DOZER T-38, HAMMER T-38, KENT T-38, MADCAT T-38, MUSTANG ? (Navy Ft Worth)?, SNORT T-38
+==External Links==
+*[http://www.sheppard.af.mil Sheppard AFB home page]
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheppard_Air_Force_Base Wikipedia:Sheppard Air Force Base]
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_Falls_Municipal_Airport Wikipedia:Whichita Falls Municipal Airport]
+*[https://www.facebook.com/SheppardAirForceBase/ FaceBook:Sheppard Air Force Base]
-== Old Frequencies ==
+== Related Files ==
-;These frequencies were used before the trunked system was installed. It is not known if any are still in use.
+*[http://www.sheppard.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-120221-059.pdf Share The Air (.pdf)]
-{|class=rrtable
-!Frequency!!Input!!Type!!Description!!Mode
-|-
-|139.9250||142.1250||RM||Security Police F1 Dispatch (new input)||FM
-|-
-|139.9250||141.7750||RM||Security Police F1 Dispatch (original input)||FM
-|-
-|138.4750||||BM||Security Police F2 Secondary||FM
-|-
-|139.9250||||BM ||Security Police F3 T/A for F1||FM
-|-
-|163.4875||||BM ||Old Commanders Net (Old Security Police Dispatch before late 1980s)||FM
-|-
-|163.3250||||BM||Old Commanders Net (Old Security Police Secondary before late 1980s)||FM
-|-
-|139.6250||138.9000||RM||New Commanders Net F1 phone patch||FM
-|-
-|139.8500||138.2750||RM||New Commanders Net F2 Ops||FM
-|-
-|138.0750||141.5250||RM||OSI F1 repeater||FM
-|-
-|138.0750||||BM||OSI F2 T/A for F1||FM
-|-
-|138.1750||||BM||OSI F3 Simplex||FM
-|-
-|173.0250||||BM||Crash Net/Fire Dept.||FM
-|-
-|170.3750||||BM||Medical||FM
-|-
-|165.1375||||BM||Transportation||FM
-|-
-|163.5875||||BM||Civil Engineers||FM
-|-
-|173.4375||||BM||Ramp Net/Base Ops||FM
-|-
-|173.5375||||BM||Communications Squadron||FM
-|-
-|172.3000||173.6125||RM||Base Supply (White Express)||FM
-|-
-|148.4750||||BM||Aircraft maint.||FM
-|-
-|407.4750||||B||Pagers||FM
-|-
-|143.4500||142.1500||RM||MARS||FM
-|-
-|148.0950||||BM||?||FM
-|-
-|149.2350||||BM||?||FM
-|-
-|149.4750||||BM||?||FM
-|-
-|173.5625||||BM||?||FM
-|}
+==Related Wiki Pages==
+*[[United States Air Force (BC31)]]
+*[[Airports Wichita County (TX)]]
+*[[Gulf States Milcom]]
+*[[Aircraft]]
+*[[Federal Aviation Administration]]
+*[[Transportation Security Administration]]