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  • AF's best fighter tactician of '11: Shaw's Capt. Mike Richard

    Every year the Air Force spotlights the most outstanding fighter tactician from the combat air forces. The search combs through hundreds of pilots from four major commands, the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. For 2011, the Air Force's outstanding tactician isn't a general, a colonel, a

  • Team Shaw Airman headed for officer training

    From the Air Force Academy to battlefield commissions for initiative in combat, the Air Force offers Airmen more than a half dozen ways to exchange stripes for bars.And for the first time in three years, a Team Shaw Airman has earned selection to Officer Training School. Oh, and along the way,

  • Senator Graham visits with Shaw commanders

    Senator Lindsey Graham, one of South Carolina's two senators, visited with Shaw Air Force Base commanders May 30. Besides Graham's service in the United States Senate, he also is a colonel in the Air Force Reserve and is assigned to the Air Force Judge Advocate General's School as a senior

  • Get in the swim as Shaw pool opens

    Shaw Air Force Bases' pool opened May 25 and the swimming season runs until Sept. 3, Memorial Day to Labor Day.Woodland Pool is located next to the base chapel and across from the Carolia Skies Club and conference center. This pool has a water slide, wading pool and large sun deck. It is utilized

  • 'Elephant walk' proves combat launch capability

    Pilots from the 79th, 77th and 55th Fighter Squadrons and their associated aircraft maintenance units produced a mass aircraft movement, known as an "elephant walk," during an Operational Readiness Exercise here May 22. An elephant walk is a mass of aircraft taxiing, representing the ability to

  • Shaw firefighters tackle incidents, win contest

    The 20th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department had a busy week responding to fires on base, off base and winning a firefighting competition in Charleston, S.C.It all started May 16 when the Sumter County Fire Department asked for Shaw's assistance with an apartment building fire.Luckily, the

  • Shaw pilot flies over Indy 500

    A pilot from the 20th Fighter Wing took part in a flyover during the opening ceremony of the Indianapolis 500, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway."We (did) the national anthem flyover to an estimated audience of more than 350,000 people and a worldwide television audience," said Maj. Brian

  • ORE tests 20th FW Airmen

    Twentieth Fighter Wing Airmen participated in a operational readiness exercise here May 21 to 23 .

  • 20th SFS, Sumter mark Police Week

    Airmen and civilian security guards from the 20th Security Forces Squadron joined the Sumter Police Department and state constables at the police department firing range to celebrate Police Week with a pistol tournament on May 18.Every year in May, the country honors the sacrifices made by a brave