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  • Sumter installs P-51 Red Tail Mustang memorial

    A historical replica of a P-51 Red Tail Mustang is fully installed and displayed in a local park to memorialize the history of the Tuskegee Airmen at Veterans Park, S.C., July 26, 2023. The City of Sumter fully installed the replica aircraft to uphold the rich legacy of the U.S. Air Force 322nd

  • 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

  • 20th EMS exercises contingency breakout procedures

    SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. — U.S. Air Force 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS) precision guided munitions (PGM) Airmen exercised contingency breakout procedures on live munitions at Shaw Air Force Base, June 27, 2023.The contingency breakout exercise simulated a rapid response force generation

  • No place like home: Team Shaw welcomes back Gamblers

    Team Shaw service members and families gather to greet U.S. Air Force 77th Fighter Squadron “Gamblers” pilots on their redeployment to Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., May 18, 2023. The Gamblers deployed in October to project combat airpower and help stabilize the U.S. Central Command’s area of

  • Winning battles on the ground to fight in the sky

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.- After 11 years of perseverance, commitment, and life-threatening illness, an F-16 pilot with the 55th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, was bestowed the call sign “Atlas” during Checkered Flag 23-2, hosted by the 325th Fighter Wing.

  • 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

  • Fallen, but not forgotten: Revolutionary War soldiers honored

    A United States “Betsy Ross” flag flies during the beginning of a funeral cortege in honor of fallen Revolutionary War soldiers in Camden, S.C., Apr. 22, 2023. The remains of 13 fallen American and British Revolutionary War soldiers were honored by the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, foreign

  • 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

  • SHE leads: Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce hosts See Her Empowered seminar

    Bridie Hicok, key spouse mentor and 20th Fighter Wing vice commander’s spouse, speaks about her experiences as a military spouse at a See Her Empowered seminar hosted by the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce at Alice Drive Baptist Church in Sumter, S.C., March 15, 2023. Hicok provided her knowledge

  • Inspire Shaw celebrates Team Shaw

    U.S. Airmen assigned to Shaw Air Force Base volunteered their time to take part in the Inspire Shaw campaign on base as part of a wider resiliency campaign here, May 1, 2023.Airmen stood at the three entrances leading to the base, holding signs displaying positive messages to welcome Shaw personnel