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  • Shaw, Sumter conduct emergency-response training

    Emergency first-responders from here and the city of Sumter will train together Thursday at Sumter County's training facility.The purpose of the training is to prepare for a major accident response exercise scheduled for Jan. 21 at Dillon Park in Sumter.The MARE will simulate an F-16 crash in the

  • Airmen performing diagnostics

    Airmen who are avionics technicians with the 20th Component Maintenance Squadron perform diagnostics and performance checks on avionics equipment.

  • Deployed Shaw member prepares pilots for success

    Most Airmen have seen an aircraft take off. They have heard the hum of a taxiing jet. The jet sat at the end of the runway, and then zoomed across the landscape as if it were shot from a cannon at a thousand miles per hour. The F-16 fighter lifted off, en route to support Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen

  • 'Christmas at the Attic'

    The Airman's Attic celebrated the holidays with the annual "Christmas at the Attic" Dec. 15. Christmas at the Attic has been an event for the Airman's Attic for the past three years.

  • Fighter Wing holiday party

    The 20th Fighter Wing celebrated the holidays with a holiday party Dec. 12. Many Airmen celebrated the holidays with food, music and dancing.

  • Family Advocacy Program offers new classes

    Beginning in 2010, the Family Advocacy Program here will offer two new classes for military families: "Seven Highly Effective Lessons for Cool Moms and Awesome Dads" and, "Within Our Reach: Couple Relationship Enhancement Course.""Both classes are free," exclaimed Patti Busser, 20th Medical

  • Shaw plays in major virtual flag exercise

    For the past week the 20th Fighter Wing has participated in a joint "virtual flag" exercise, which is a large-scale, coordinated combined air operations center exercise that has simulators participating across the continental United States."There is no real flying with the virtual flag exercise; it

  • Base holiday closures and hours of operation

    The following are the holiday hours of operation throughout Shaw.20th Medical Group:The 20th Medical Group will be closed Dec. 25 in observance of the Christmas Holiday, Dec. 28 for the Air Combat Command Family Day and Jan. 1 in observance of New Year's Day. Please call 911 if you have a Medical

  • Shaw sergeant leads CAOC volleyball team to victory

    When the Combined Air and Space Operations Center defeated the 379th Expedtionary Operations Support Squadron in the intramural volleyball championship, Nov. 28, it was another notch in a string of victories."Going into and during the match I knew it would be a close game," said Staff Sgt. William

  • Boy scout explains Shaw's history through Eagle scout project

    After hard work and dedication, Jeffrey Decedue's Eagle Scout project brought history to life here through the signs surrounding Memorial Lake. Next, a dedication ceremony Dec. 17 will highlight his efforts.According to Jeffrey Decedue, a boy scout advancing toward Eagle scout, the idea for the