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  • Air Force aviation, space camps nomination period opens

    The nomination periods for the Air Force Youth Programs Aviation and Air Force Space Summer Camps are open.The suspense date for registration forms for both camps is April 22. Selections for Aviation Camp will be announced May 6, and Space Camp announced May 20.The camps are open to teenagers who

  • Mosquitoes are out

    In October 2015, the Midlands were hit by record breaking rains which flooded large amount of South Carolina, causing severe damage and leaving many homeless. Six months later, there are still areas of standing water and remnants of damage.As a result of the standing water there has been an increase

  • Construction begins on new cabins at Wateree Recreation Area

    The 20th Force Support Squadron began construction on two brand-new cabins at the Wateree Recreation Area at Lake Wateree, South Carolina. The new construction was made possible by money saved by volunteer efforts during annual clean-up days. The most recent Beautify Wateree Day was held March

  • Team Shaw children take to the stage

    The lights in the base theater go out, leaving only a minimally-dressed stage visible. A piercing scream is heard off stage before a small boy runs across. “Wolf! Wolf!,” he yells to scattered laughter, beginning Team Shaw’s 2016 Missoula Children’s Theatre production of Red Riding Hood.The Missoula

  • Viper Demo Team showcases capabilities at home base

    The Air Combat Command F-16 Viper Demonstration Team is scheduled to tear up the skies during the Shaw Air Expo and open house, “Thunder over the Midlands,” May 21-22, at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.Assigned to the team based out of Shaw AFB is Maj. Craig “Rocket” Baker, F-16 Viper Demo Team

  • Airmen build a sense of pride in community

    In 2014 Col. Stephen Jost, 20th Fighter Wing commander, took the reins of the wing, and with his assumption of command brought with him his “Four C’s” and the new motto for Team Shaw Airmen “Airman Up!”To help support his vision of Airman Up! And one of his Four C’s – community – the 20th Force

  • HVAC Airmen keep cool and work on

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Carlos Ortiz-Castillo and Senior Airman Darek Vetter, 20th Civil Engineer Squadron heating, ventilation, and air conditioning technicians, reassemble and clean a heating and air conditioning evaporator at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., March 28, 2016. The Airmen discovered a

  • AFAF campaign kicks off with commander’s breakfast

    The annual Air Force Assistance Fund campaign kicked off here, March 25, with a breakfast aimed to show commanders, chiefs, and first sergeants how the AFAF works to take care of Airmen. During the event, Airman 1st Class Sheldon Shaw, 20th Component Maintenance Squadron aircraft fuels systems

  • Weasel Victory 16-08 tests Airmen on combat capabilities

    The 20th Fighter Wing held operational readiness exercise Weasel Victory 16-08 at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., March 21-23.OREs, held several times annually, serve to help Airmen learn the functions of operating in a deployed environment while the 20th Fighter Wing demonstrates its ability to employ

  • SCAFA to host annual awards luncheon

    The South Carolina Air Force Association has scheduled its annual awards luncheon for noon, April 23 at the Carolina Skies Club and Conference Center at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.  The luncheon recognizes unit and individual winners from Joint Base Charleston, McEntire Joint National Guard