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  • Team Shaw recognizes Arbor Day

    Home to over 8,200 active duty military members, 1,200 civilian employees, and approximately 12,000 family members, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina is a busy place. However, driving down Shaw’s streets or walking the residential areas, one would hardly know the base is home to five large units,

  • Shaw CDC plants seeds in young minds

    Strolling through a field of beautiful wildflowers. Sitting in the shade by a serene lake on a warm day. Taking in a beautiful sunrise from atop a lonely mountain. They say the best things in life are free, but when it comes to the health and beauty of planet Earth, these free pleasures may not last

  • EOD: Muting the BOOM!

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Brown (left,) 20th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal journeyman, and Airman Tyler Kochlany (right,) 20th CES explosive ordnance disposal apprentice, apply marker pins to an F-16CM Fighting Falcon during explosive mitigation training at the

  • South Carolina Air Force Association hosts annual awards luncheon

    The South Carolina Air Force Association recognized the state’s annual award winners at a luncheon April 23, at the Carolina Skies Club and Conference Center, here.The competition was held between units and individuals from South Carolina Air Force Bases as well as individuals from the state’s Civil

  • 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