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  • It's June: Hurricane season is here

    Hurricane season began June 1 and lasts for about six months. This year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced conditions in the atmosphere and the ocean favor a near-normal hurricane season. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center said there's a 70 percent chance of nine to 15

  • 20th FW Airmen head to RED FLAG-Alaska

    Airmen of the 77th Fighter Squadron and 20th Fighter Wing left June 1 for a three-week RED FLAG-Alaska exercise at Eielson AFB, Alaska.During the exercise, pilots are subjected to every conceivable combat threat preparing them for actual combat."RF-A provides our pilots the opportunity to integrate

  • Memorial Day: Taking a moment to remember

    Members from Team Shaw attended several Memorial Day events to honor the military men and women that came before them.This set of images shows those various events and a few of the Airmen that attended them.

  • Iris Festival attracts thousands

    Thousands of people, including many from Team Shaw, attended the annual Sumter Iris Festival over Memorial Day weekend. Sumter's Iris Festival is South Carolina's oldest continuous festival and is consistently ranked among the top festivals in the Southeast, according to the city of Sumter web site.

  • 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