Shaw hunting program holds public event

Participants in a youth hunting event, hosted by the U.S. Air Force 20th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), approach a firing range to calibrate their rifle sights at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter, S.C., Dec. 3, 2022. The 20th CES

Team Shaw joins Sumter for Veterans Day celebration

Sparky, a service dog, sits beside his owner during a Veterans Day ceremony in Sumter, S.C., Nov. 11, 2022. Sumter is home to a military population of over 31 thousand, over 16 thousand of whom are military retirees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kelsey Owen)

Sumter locals, Shaw strengthen bonds in annual picnic

Service members and DOD civilians assigned to Shaw Air Force Base gathered for the first Military Appreciation Picnic since the COVID-19 pandemic, hosted by the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the 20th Fighter Wing on base, Nov. 4, 2022. The picnic offered Team Shaw and the

Shaw shapes future of air combat training through SCEWR

Early in the morning, in Hilliard, Florida, the controllers at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center (Jacksonville Center) receive transmissions about flight operations 270 miles away on the flightline at Shaw AFB. Similarly, a flurry of coordination

79th Redeployment

The U.S. Air Force 79th Fighter Squadron prepares to land on the flightline at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Oct 27, 2022. The 79th FS deployed to project combat air power and help stabilize the U.S.Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Erin Stanley)

Double-time: Shaw delivers back to back deployments

Across the world in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, the 79th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and 79th Expeditionary Fighter Generation Squadron “Tigers” are delivering on promises made when the squadron deployed in July 2022. The Tiger Mission Generation Force Element is operating

55th Fighter Generation Squadron Flightline Operations

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 55th Fighter Generation Squadron (FGS) reposition a ladder under a F-16C Fighting Falcon during routine maintenance on the flightline at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Oct 6, 2022. Airmen from the 55th FGS ensured the F-16C Fighting Falcon was fully operational to provide

Combat Water Survival Training

POW/MIA 24-hour Remembrance Run

The “battlefield cross” rests at the Missing Airmen Memorial, representing loss and mourning for the POW/MIA service members at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Sep. 15, 2022. National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter. (U.S. Air Force

Shaw establishes total force campus with intelligence schoolhouse

The U.S. Air Force 25th Attack Group hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the MQ-9 Initial Intelligence Qualification Training schoolhouse on base, Aug. 11, 2022.As part of a massive multi-phase upgrade to the group’s infrastructure at Shaw, the schoolhouse will be moving from its current location