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  • New fitness requirements for deploying Airmen

    Airmen preparing to attend Army-taught combat skills training prior to deploying to a joint expeditionary tasking in direct support of ground component missions will soon be required to possess a current, passing fitness assessment, according to new Air Education and Training Command guidance.The

  • CSA, the new way to pay for AF travel

    The Air Force will be replacing the old government travel cards with new controlled spend account travel cards from January 2011 through March 2011.The CSA, provided by Citibank, is designed with more flexibility to better meet the needs of travelers and differs from the GTC in many ways.Before,

  • Shaw tax center now open

    The Shaw tax center (located in the community center across from the bowling alley) is currently open and taking appointments. The tax center will temporarily close on Jan. 27 for the unit compliance inspection and will reopen on Feb. 7 through April 15. Their hours of operation are from 8 a.m. to

  • Force support leaders study NAF employee careers

    Force Support senior leaders sought ways to shape the careers of nonappropriated fund employees during the first NAF development team meeting at the Air Force Personnel Center Nov. 30 to Dec. 1. Shaw has approximately 240 NAF employees, according to a 20th Force Support Squadron spokesperson.The

  • Teens get a voice at last

    Staff of the Air Force Services Agency here have created a channel for Air Force teens worldwide to voice their concerns to Air Force leaders. The Air Force Teen Council Program allows teens to brainstorm solutions and initiate change at the installation, major-command and Air Force levels. As

  • AF automates active-duty assignment notifications

    The Air Force is automating active-duty assignment notifications for Airmen in the ranks of lieutenant colonel and below beginning Jan. 21.Airmen will receive an e-mail notification about their new assignments and have seven days to acknowledge their assignments through the Virtual Military

  • Running trail closed by construction

    The portion of the running trail next to Lazanno Road, and next to the new fitness center at the sports complex, closes Monday for about six weeks due to construction. People may call the fitness center at 895-2789 or email fitness@20thfss.com for more information.

  • 20 years after the Storm: 20th Fighter Wing was there

    Around midnight, Jan. 16, 1991, hundreds of afterburner flames stabbed the inky darkness at many airfields in Saudi Arabia and other countries around Iraq as Operation Desert Storm began. Among the units vaulted into combat was the Upper Heyford, United Kingdom-based 20th Tactical Fighter Wing,

  • Officials unveil new government travel cards

    The Air Force is primed for servicewide distribution of new Citibank controlled spend account government travel cards now through spring 2011, officials said here Dec. 1.Issuance of the CSA card for use in conjunction with temporary-duty assignments, permanent change of station or deployment orders

  • Defense Secretary announces 'efficiencies' for $150 billion+ savings

    Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today a series of efficiencies decisions designed to save the Department of Defense more than $150 billion over the next five years primarily by reducing overhead costs, improving business practices and culling excess or troubled programs. Most of the