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  • Ceremony remembers Holocaust horrors

    The Shaw Air Force Base Holocaust Remembrance Committee hosted a Holocaust remembrance ceremony at the Chandler Deployment Processing Center, April 27.

  • Assisting families of fallen Airmen

    When families experience the tragic loss of a loved one, they may be emotionally affected and need help coping with the situation.The 20th Force Support Squadron mortuary affairs office and casualty assistance office work together to support the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations’ mission to

  • Weather flight critical to Coalition ISR mission

    Dropping bombs on target in Syria and Iraq during combat missions supporting Operation Inherent Resolve requires a complex array of information, including intelligence gathered well in advance of the combat sortie. Often times, this intelligence is gathered by coalition partners flying out of the

  • Airmen landscape local community

    For this week’s Flashback Friday, grab your gloves and gardening tools.Airmen assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing spread pine straw during a beautification project at Swan Lake and Iris Garden in Sumter, S.C., April 29, 2016. Approximately 50 Airmen volunteered to do landscaping at Swan Lake picked up

  • 337th RS helps recruits grow brighter futures

    Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is known to many as the “Gateway to the Air Force,” but the enlisted Airman’s journey begins long before they arrive there for basic military training.

  • 20th SFS tackles healthy snacking

    The 20th Security Forces Squadron placed a vending machine with healthy food choices inside their main building to encourage positive nutrition March 6, 2017.

  • PMEL: Local precision, nationwide mission

    The old cartoon character “Fat Albert” can mean different things to different people depending on what generation one belongs to. Older generations might call him “comedian” while newer generations might think of him as “classic.” To a select group of U.S. Air Force Airmen, however, he is simply

  • Warfighting ethos: heritage, honor, valor, Doolittle’s raid

    Editor’s note: Warfighting ethos is a multipart series highlighting the Airman’s Creed from the perspective of Shaw Air Force Base first sergeants. This is the second story in the series. All statements should be viewed as each individual’s opinion and not of the Air Force as a whole.