55th "Shooters" depart for Green Flag exercise

Members from the 55th Fighter Squadron took off from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Aug. 12, 2011, to participate in Exercise Green Flag West. Green Flag West is an exercise that is held at Nellis AFB, Nev., and takes place ten times a year to prepare aircraft and crews for ground support combat

ALS prepares future NCOs

Airmen Leadership School is a five-week course designed to turn Airmen into supervisors. Instructors teach combat leadership, military professionalism, supervision of Airmen, verbal and written communication and group dynamics, while focusing on Air Force rules and regulations.

Photo essay: 20th Aerospace Medicine Squadron trains future fliers

The aerospace physiology training is a necessity before flying and must be completed to be on flying status.

HAWC offers tools to get fit

Public Affairs exists to serve Shaw Airmen

Have you called for an official photo and get confused by the line, "Public Affairs, how many I help you?" You thought you called the photo lab and believe you have a wrong number. But, nope you are in the right spot. The multimedia career fields merged with the public affairs career field in 2007,

Family Health Expo to be held at MDG campus Aug. 18

The 20th Medical Group and the Health and Wellness Center will be hosting a family health expo for Team Shaw members on  August 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m at the front of the medical clinic entrance.The purpose of the expo is to encourage Airmen, Soldiers, retirees and their families to be proactive

79th Fighter Squadron Change of Command

Photo essay: Shaw firefighters fight flames with new gear

The new M-7 Firehawk helps Airmen complete the mission by being more durable, safer, user friendly and uses one tank instead of two. The mask has more features, which include a voice enhancer and a heads up display that shows how much air is left in the tank. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class

Closing Shaw post office?

Shaw's post office is among 13 in South Carolina on the new list of sites to be studied for closing. The United States Postal Service has announced it may need to close about 10 percent more of its post offices.An Associated Press story on July 27 said, "The financially-troubled agency announced

Honor Guard impresses local children

The Shaw Honor Guard broke away from their normal tasks to do something a little different--a flag folding presentation for more than 100 children Aug. 2, at the Sumter, S.C., YMCA."We wanted to teach the children proper flag etiquette, tell them what it symbolizes and make sure they know how to