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  • Lifeguards ready for pool season

    The Woodland Pool here kicked off the swimming season, which began Memorial Day weekend, by holding an in-service emergency lifeguard training course recently. As the Critical Days of Summer begin, the lifeguard team stresses the importance of trust between visitors and lifeguards. "Our goal is to

  • Airmen run 200-mile relay race

    Volunteers from Team Shaw participated in the 2012 Palmetto200 relay to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on April 13. The 200-mile relay race began in Cayce, S.C. ended in Folly Beach, S.C.Around 60 teams competed in the annual Palmetto200 relay race. Teams were made up of

  • Spouses taxi in F-16s for orientation, thanks

    Spouses of pilots and some other Airmen assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron "Shooters" and Shooter Aircraft Maintenance Unit had the opportunity to taxi in an F-16 Fighting Falcon May 24 here.The 55th FS taxied spouses to orient them to the F-16 cockpit and as a token of their appreciation for

  • 26 Team Shaw Airmen earn early promotion

    The following Team Shaw Airmen 1st Class earned promotion to senior airman below-the-zone from the June 1 selection board:Kyle Bettis, 20th MDOSBrittany Bing, 609th ACOMSDennis Bruce, 20th EMSTeirra Camacho, 20th FSSKasey Carter, 20th SFSJawaan Christian, 20th CSKevin Colbert, 31st IS, Det. 1Robert

  • 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,