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  • Corrosion control: painting a new future

    The 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron is renovating the aircraft paint booth here, with a scheduled completion date of April 30.The paint booth will allow the 20th EMS to paint aircraft locally instead of sending jets to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and will save the 20th Fighter Wing approximately

  • Spring Education Fair provides pathways to higher education

    The 20th Force Support Squadron Spratt Education and Training Center hosted a Spring Education Fair April 13, here.The fair brought representatives from colleges and universities to inform Team Shaw members of an array of degree programs available ranging in different levels, subject matters, and

  • Shaw hosts first speed mentoring event

    How long does it take for a senior noncommissioned officer to pass on quality advice to staff and technical sergeants? Seven months? Seven years? Personnel at Shaw Air Force Base have set out to prove it can be done in seven minutes.Shaw’s 5/6 organization hosted the first in a planned series of

  • 20th CES, 20th AMDS abuzz this mosquito season

    Military personnel are no strangers to hazardous working environments. Depending on their job and location, they could be interacting with anything from unexploded explosive ordnance to armed insurgents on a weekly basis.Because of this, it can be easy for some to underestimate the hazards present

  • Airmen return from AOR

    Airmen assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing returned from a deployment here, April 10, 12 and 13.Early Wednesday morning, Team Shaw members gathered in hangar 1200 to watch returning Airmen deplane.“Watching Airmen and families reunite after several months of serving their country is an amazing thing

  • Sumter’s role in Shaw Air Expo and open house

    While the installation prepares for the upcoming Shaw Air Expo and open house, May 21-22, the city of Sumter, South Carolina, has its own role to play.That role is similar to the base’s role of being the host, in the sense that most attendees visiting for the weekend will stay in area hotels and

  • Behind the Scenes: CCC visits 20th EMS AGE Rangers

    A selection of 80s hard rock blasting through the speakers, wall decals that proudly proclaim ‘Danger Is No Stranger To An AGE Ranger,’ and the overall smell of an auto workshop are the first impressions that welcome newcomers to the 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment

  • 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