Jet Black Sheppard AFB 365th TRS Lithograph

Jet Black Sheppard AFB 365th TRS Lithograph poster art.

The 365 Training Squadron (365 TRS) is part of the 782 Training Group, 82 Training Wing, Sheppard AFB Texas. It conducts quality technical and military training for heavy and tactical aircraft “Avionics Specialists”. The mission of the 365th TRS is to train aircraft avionics maintainers for the operational Air Force and develop skill level awarding courses. They are professional cadre given special trust and responsibility to train the world’s finest Airmen for the most advanced and tested weapons systems in our Nation’s arsenal. The term avionics is born out of the combination of two words: aviation and electronics. Each avionics discipline is unique in its mission to control, guide and protect the aircraft. Avionics systems act as the brain of the aircraft. The maintainers being trained here at Sheppard can be considered the brain surgeons of some of the most advanced and sophisticated aircraft in the Air Force. They teach the basics of working on and around aircraft so Airmen can operate safely and effectively in a very taxing environment. Every imaginable maintenance subject, from changing failing parts such as radar antennas, down to troubleshooting the very wires, connectors and even pins inside the connectors that weave together all of the computers found in avionics systems, is taught here.