Sheppard is where I got the "cleared to land, check gear down" in a Skyhawk. Gotta love the military controllers and their special phraseology at training bases. Haha.
"Gear down and welded, cleared to land Runway 17, Cessna 250." Got my chance to be funny. They laughed.
On a later trip I was told, "If you can keep your base turn West of the taxiway of Runway 15R, you are cleared to land Runway 17. Check gear down. Caution, crossing high-speed traffic for Runway 15R, multiple F-16s."
Fun airport. Got an airshow while turning base and while fueling up.
When did they add a third 15/33 Runway? I don't remember there being three. Makes sense though. They get busy there.
The civil FBO at the south end used to be named Blackbird Aviation and the owner or manager was a retired Colonel who used to fly them. His office had some interesting photos.
Good stop when going KAPA-KDWH but man... KSPS is in the middle of frakkin' nowhere.