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  • Photo essay: 55th AMXS maintainers ensure pilots safety

    The 55th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron inspects and repair aircrafts to ensure parts are functioning properly at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. Aug. 19, 2011. Maintainers ensure jets are in order and up to date so the pilots stay safe.

  • Hearts Apart aids in post-deployment reintegration

    Many Airmen will be deploying from and returning to Shaw within the next month. Deployments strain not only Airmen, but also their families.The Airman and Family Readiness Center helps ease the stress of continuous deployment cycles by holding monthly Hearts Apart events as a source of support for

  • Teams vie for title of Iron Chef

    Four teams battled it out during the Iron Chef competition at the Dining Facility here Aug. 31, but only one team could come out as the victor.That honor went to Spc. Debra Looney and Spc. Kurt O'Connor, both Third Army food specialists. But, it was not an easy task to win the coveted spatula

  • Shaw celebrates 70th anniversary

    Seventy years ago the Secretary of War approved a site in Sumter, South Carolina to be used as a new military airfield.On Aug. 30, 1941 Shaw Field was activated and established as a basic flying school to train cadets and student officers in the basic flying training course.Shaw Air Force Base was

  • Vocalists gear up for Shaw Idol competition

    Do you have a love for singing? If so, the 20th Force Support Squadron has the perfect opportunity for you. Shaw Idol 11' is a talent competition that will start in September for four consecutive weeks on Wednesdays.Those interested in the competition will sign up via email. The contest will be

  • "Port Dawgs" support 20 FW combat readiness around globe

    Walking outside the deployment processing center, the Shaw flight line had more than the usual F-16 Fighting Falcons lined up on Aug. 19. A rare site occurred at 4:20 p.m. when a C-5 Galaxy flew in to pick up cargo and was promptly followed up 40-minutes later by a Boeing-737 filled with Nellis

  • 9th Air Force holds first machine guarding safety course

    Ground safety representatives from across the 9th Air Force gathered at the base education building here from August 15 through 19 for the first 9th Air Force ground safety course to get up to date on Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards.The four-day course also taught the ground