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  • Environmental advisory board meets Feb. 4

    Shaw is hosting a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 4,  at the New Beginnings Banquet Facility, and invites the public to attend and participate. The meeting is of Shaw's Restoration Advisory Board. The board provides a forum through which local communities, installations and regulatory agencies can

  • Chamber of Commerce representatives tour Shaw

    Forty-four Chamber of Commerce representatives from across South Carolina tour Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Jan. 8. Various leaders briefed the representatives about the different aspects of Shaw with the goal to educate them of the missions of the 20th Fighter Wing, 9th Air Force, U.S. Air Force

  • Air Force Tops in Blue rock Patriot Hall

    Tops in Blue's 2012 team performed at Patriot Hall in Sumter, S.C, for Airmen and their families to entertain them and boost morale, Jan. 8.This show was one of the last few performances the 2012 team will conduct together. The theme of Tops in Blue's 2012 team is "Listen.""You are about to

  • Top weapons load team named

    The 20th Fighter Wing weapons standardization unit held their quarterly weapons load crew of the quarter competition here Jan. 11. The competition brings together weapons load crew members from all three fighter squadrons at Shaw to compete against each other to show who is the best.

  • Team Shaw firefighters give to local youth club

    Members of the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department honored the Boys and Girls Club by donating electronics and video games to the club Jan. 11 here.Benjamin Bailey, executive director of The Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club, visited with the Team Shaw firefighters and received a tour of

  • 20th FSS awards Team Shaw Airman with Superbowl tickets

    A 20th Security Forces Squadron Airman, Senior Master Sgt. Robert Drown, won a pair of tickets to Super Bowl XLVII Jan. 10 here. The big game will take place inside the New Orleans Superdome Feb. 3, 2013. "Getting tickets to see the Super Bowl is special in itself, but to get an all expense paid

  • Rapid refueling helps pilots maintain flight hours

    F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots assigned to the 55th and 79th Fighter Squadrons participated here in a rapid refueling method called "hot pits" Jan. 10.Team Shaw crew chiefs and refueling specialists performed the rapid refueling method for the pilots, which helped them return to conducting training

  • Maj. Gen. Wells visits American Legion

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Lawrence Wells, 9th Air Force commander, and his wife Kathy Wells visited American Legion Post 15 Jan. 7, 2013, Sumter, S.C. He visited the American Legion Post 15 to talk with retired veterans and inform them on how the mission of the Air Force has advanced.

  • Team Shaw firefighters compete at world class level

    Team Shaw 20th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters recently competed in the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge worldwide competition in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The 20th CES firefighters trained all throughout the year for the competition and end up with a top six ranking out of several teams from around