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  • BX parking lot impacted by construction

    A major construction project next door has caused the closure of a large section of the Shaw base exchange parking lot. Beginning April 18, for approximately three months, more parking will be affected by a paving project. During construction, exchange officials ask customers who normally park in

  • Chapel program offers help with pain from divorce

    The Shaw Chapel Protestant community invites people struggling with the effects of divorce to attend DivorceCare, a proven program offering emotional, financial, physical, and spiritual recovery tools to manage the after-effects of divorce or separation. The small-group course is 13 weeks in length

  • 'Real Wingmen Act,' motto for sexual assault awareness month

    April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and Air Force leaders are stressing prevention, awareness and education . This year's Air Force theme: "Real Wingmen Act."To raise awareness, people need to understand the magnitude of the problem, said Cynthia Evans, Shaw sexual assault response coordinator.

  • Qatari commanders visit Shaw

    Six Qatar Emiri air force officers toured Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. March 28 to see how the installation performs its various missions.The Qatar air force is currently undergoing a transition from operating out of an airport to operating at another base in their country that will host several

  • Shaw welcomes home 4th BCD Soldiers

    Soldiers of the 4th Battlefield Coordination Detachment and their family members attended a redeployment luncheon at Carolina Skies Club here, March 15. More than 30 members of the 4th BCD returned from a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia where they served as the liaison between air and ground

  • Base beautification revs up with Sumter support and 1,000 new trees

    Former Sumter Mayor Stephen Creech visited Shaw March 14 to plant the final tree for a base beautification project.There were 1,000 longleaf pine seedlings planted across the base to continue the process of going "green."While the base has made great strides in recent years with buildings and base

  • 20th Fighter Wing's finest

    The 20th Fighter Wing Commander recently announced the 1st quarter, 2011, award winnners.The wing's best include:- Airman 1st Class Iori Osawa, honor guard Airman- Tech. Sgt. Desirae Thomas, honor guard NCO- Tech. Sgt. April Howard, NCO- Senior Master Sgt. Jerry Dire, senior NCO- Senior Master Sgt.

  • Red Flag: Space, cyberspace forces in the fight

    Practicing tactics, techniques and procedures throughout the full spectrum of tactical warfare is a staple of Red Flag exercises. Red Flag 11-3 is unique in that it includes the integration of space and cyber forces at the tactical level from planning through execution and debrief."This integration

  • Family housing project moving -- slowly

    Demolition of more than 600 units of Shaw's 40- to 50-year old housing continues as family housing inches toward privatization. The conversion from government-owned to privately-owned is currently on hold, Shaw housing officials admitted. They explained, "The reduction in the Basic Allowance for