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  • Shaw member wins Air Force award

    Master Sgt. Leslie Haga Jr., 9th Air Force explosive safety superintendent, works diligently at his computer March 31. Master Sgt. Haga was recently selected as the annual award winner for the Air Force Explosive Safety Outstanding Individual Achievement Award. He was recognized for his

  • Shaw hosts Month of the Military Child carnival

    Shaw hosted a Month of the Military Child carnival at the youth center here April 1. The Month of the Military Child is one of the many initiatives held in conjunction with the Year of the Air Force Family program, which runs through July.For more information on upcoming events, visit the 20th Force

  • PMEL enhances mission readiness

    The Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory, or PMEL, is an environmentally controlled workshop where Airmen calibrate and maintain all types of professional equipment. Nearly every organization on base employs the expertise of these technicians, giving the Airmen there the opportunity to work on

  • Shaw Air Force Base hosts car show

    Shaw's Army and Air Force Exchange Service hosted a car show here April 3. Participants from the surrounding area gathered to showcase their cars to military members and their dependents.

  • Air Force leaders expand force management options

    Air Force leaders announced March 25 an expansion of force management measures designed to bring the service closer to its authorized funded end strength. Fewer Airmen than anticipated applied for voluntary programs offered under Phase One of the force management program initiated in November of

  • Shaw, Sumter blend in chili cook-off

    People shuffled from booth to booth in the field behind the Sumter County Museum, searching for the perfect flavor of chili at the first chili cook-off hosted by the Sumter County Museum and the Young Professionals of Sumter, while listening to the tunes of The Breakfast Club, a 1980s cover band.

  • 2009 Air Force safety award winners announced

    Officials at the Air Force Safety Center here have released the list of recipients of the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief of Staff and Chief of Safety Awards for 2009. These awards, according to safety officials, exemplify the best of the Air Force safety teams and the hard work of the winners.

  • Tyndall airfield evaluation team tests Shaw's runway

    An airfield pavement evaluation team from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. arrived here March 9 to conduct an evaluation on the entire airfield.The evaluations, which took place from March 9 to 23, were conducted to determine the structural integrity of the pavement and the surface's potential to

  • Shaw hosts NSSA competition

    Approximately 25 shooters from around the country competed in the Afterburner, an annual National Skeet Shooting Association competition held at the skeet and trap range here March 19-21.Shooters were able to compete in a doubles event where competitors would have two clay targets every time they