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  • Royal Bahraini Air Force students modernize skills with Team Shaw

    The U.S. Air Force 372nd Training Squadron hosted Royal Bahraini Air Force students to expand their knowledge and technical experience on a newer generation of F-16 Fighting Falcons, Jan. 22 to March 15, 2024.The RBAF visited Shaw to modernize their skill sets and learn U.S. Air Force methods of

  • Defusing Danger: 20th CES hosts joint EOD exercise

    There is something to be said for the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) community across the military. Among the stories and seasoned jokes from time spent downrange, an uncanny amount of shoppette hot dogs, and the sheer grit it takes to walk up to an explosive and put one’s life in harm's way for

  • Training the next generation of Air Traffic Controllers

    From organizing and expediting ground to air traffic, to issuing instructions and monitoring aircraft in air space over the ocean off the continental United States, the U.S. Air Force’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and Radar Approach Control (RAPCON) Airmen are trained to the highest of standards

  • Team Shaw hosts STAFFDEL tour

    U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicok, 20th Fighter Wing (FW) deputy commander, center, presents a 20th FW mission brief to South Carolina House representative legislative assistants during a Staff Delegation tour of Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., June 28, 2023. The staff delegates received an in-depth tour

  • Shaw welcomes home Gamblers

    The U.S. Air Force 77th Fighter Squadron (FS) flightline sits empty in anticipation for the returning deployers at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., May 4, 2023. In order to maintain sufficient and sustainable presence in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Airmen assigned to the 77th FS and

  • Team Shaw takes on Iron Hand 23-4

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Wyatt Cassidy, 79th Fighter Generation Squadron engines journeyman, performs pre-flight checks on an F-16C Fighting Falcon on the flightline during exercise Iron Hand (IH) 23-04 at North Auxiliary Airfield, S.C., Apr. 26, 2023. Exercise IH 23-04 utilized the

  • 20th SFS innovates with effects-based posting

    The 20th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) is currently trialing effects-based posting, an innovative new system of posting SFS defenders here to maximize efficiency while maintaining effective security protocols.The new model was implemented in Nov. 2022 in an effort to creatively use time and

  • SCEWR initiative revolutionizes aerial training at Shaw

    The U.S. Air Force 20th Fighter Wing and joint partners participate in a training exercise using expanded airspace through the South Carolina Electronic Warfare Range (SCEWR) initiative at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Feb. 14, 2023. The SCEWR initiative utilizes a historic amount of airspace to

  • 20th Maintenance Group hosts Load Crew of the Year competition

    U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 79th Fighter Generation Squadron secure a munition to an F-16C Fighting Falcon during a Weapons Load Crew of the Year Competition at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Jan. 31, 2023. 20th Fighter Wing Maintenance Airmen showcased their operational readiness by performing