Photos: Tigers return from Afghanistan

Pilots and F-16 fighter jets assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron "Tigers" returned Saturday after a four-month deployment to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.

20th LRS Airmen deploy ESTA

The en-route support team advanced, more commonly known as ESTA, departed Sunday in support of the 77th Air Expeditionary Force deployment.Airmen of the 20th Logistics Readiness Squadron played a critical role in preparing ESTA passengers and equipment for transport via a C-17 Globemaster.The ESTA

Photos: 79th AEF returns from Afghanistan

More than 200 Airmen assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing returned Friday night from the four-month 79th Air Expeditionary Force deployment to Afghanistan. This group of Airmen, from the 79th Fighter Squadron "Tigers," and the 79th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, were greeted by hundreds of family members

Deployed Shaw Airman moves the goods

The organization and shipment of cargo and personnel is essential to maximizing the airlift capability that is vital to supporting the warfighter on the ground and ensuring the support needed to assist the people of Afghanistan. No one here takes this more seriously than the Airmen of the 455th

Shaw's medical Airmen deploy to Haiti, assist in relief efforts

Along with many of Team Shaw's Airmen who are deploying or are deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, 15 Airmen here are deploying to Haiti to assist in the relief efforts from the earthquake catastrophe in support of Operation Unified Response."We have 15 personnel that were tasked, 11 from the 20th

Shaw celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday

Shaw Group 56 growing stronger

Whether Air Force or in other services represented here, Shaw Group 56 is open to all E-5s, -6s, and E-5 selectees affiliated with Shaw.The group's first meeting of 2010 was held Jan. 12 and kicked off by an address from Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Antwine, 20th Operations Group superintendent. He

Shaw's 20th Fighter Wing Airmen deploy overseas

Airmen from the 20th Fighter Wing's 77th Aircraft Maintenance Unit prepare to leave for a deployment Jan. 19. These Airmen are deploying to Iraq in support of the Global War on Terror.

Celebrating the Year of the Air Force Family initiative with the DePLAYment Program

The Year of the Air Force Family initiative is an Air Force-wide program from July 2009 to July 2010 The program is a celebration of the families of servicemembers, and it has a two-fold purpose."We are celebrating, but we are also looking at the programs that we currently have," said Erica Brown,

Officials release F-16 accident report

A combination of factors resulted in the collision of two F-16CMs Oct. 15, 2009, according to an Air Combat Command accident investigation board report released Jan. 11. The collision occurred 126 nautical miles southeast of Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., during a night close-air support training