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  • 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

  • Dining Facility staff prepares lunch

    U.S. Army Pfc. Matthew Brokaw, U.S. Army Central Command culinary specialist, places a beef brisket into an oven at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., March 17, 2016. The Chief Master Sgt. Emerson E. Williams Dining Facility staff spend close to three hours every day preparing lunch. (U.S. Air Force photo

  • Volunteers spring into cleaning at Wateree

    The 20th Force Support Squadron Wateree Recreation Area hosted the 8th Annual Beautify Wateree Day near Camden, South Carolina, March 19.  Currently, Beautify Wateree has saved Shaw over $120 thousand, allotting the 20th FSS funds that can be used for new amenities to improve morale.  The event

  • Viper Demo Team soars into 2016 season

    A Heritage Flight formation flies over show center during the 2016 Heritage Flight Training Course demonstration at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 5, 2016. The Heritage Flight Training Course allows pilots assigned to the three Air Combat Command demonstration teams to practice their

  • 20th CES firefighters; ready to take on any challenge

    U.S. Airmen assigned to the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department extinguish an aircraft fire during training at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., March 17, 2016. Firefighters assigned to the 20th CES fire department train on a mock C-130 to test their response time and efficiency in extinguishing