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  • OG and OSS honorary change of command

    The purpose of the Air Force honorary commander program is to increase public awareness and understanding of the armed forces and its mission, policies and programs of the AF, and to build relationships with members of the local community and encourage them to share the AF story.

  • Sumter fantasy of lights

    The City of Sumter hosts the Fantasy of Lights annually at Swan Lake Iris Gardens. Each year the opening ceremony brings Airmen and their families together with Sumter residents to participate in a lighting ceremony that hails the coming winter holidays. The display features more than a million

  • Sumter County annual tree lighting

    Sumter held its annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony Nov. 30, in front of the Sumter County Courthouse. Several members from Team Shaw attended the ceremony. Maj. Gen. Lawrence Wells, 9th Air Force commander and Col. Clay Hall, 20th Fighter Wing commander, helped flip the switch to light the

  • F-16 brings Santa to Shaw

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jared Hutchinson, 55th Fighter Squadron director of operations,brought Santa to Shaw in an U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon for the 20th Operations Group Children's Holiday Party, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. Dec. 1, 2012.

  • Radio station offers free holiday greetings to deployed servicemembers

    Carolina Country 94.3 FM, a Columbia radio station, is offering Team Shaw members the opportunity to send free holiday voice greetings to their deployed "significant others" this holiday season.The free service only requires a phone call to answer a few questions and record your greeting. The

  • What's in a name? Combat training range and flower linked

    Poinsett - poinsettia. Electronic combat range - Christmas flower. Where's the link?Easy, if you're an historical trivia buff.The answer is: Joel Roberts Poinsett, 1779 to 1851, a South Carolina leader whose life ended in Stateburg, about two miles west of Shaw, is the link.A Charleston native,

  • Bum wing replaced on a Shaw Fighting Falcon

    20th Maintenance Group Airmen here, removed the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon to replace it with a new one. The old wing was replaced due to an internal leak, which required extensive maintenance.