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  • Shaw Airmen gearing up for upcoming readiness exercise

    Shaw is kicking off a Phase I/II Exercise from Feb. 2 - 5 and Feb. 8 - 10 in order to test the 20th Fighter Wing's combat and deployment readiness capability."The purpose of a combined Phase I/II exercise is to test the Wing's ability to deploy and employ our combat capabilities concurrently," said

  • Air Force returns enlisted high year of tenure to standards

    Air Force manpower and personnel officials here announced Jan. 27 a return of enlisted high year of tenure limits to their pre-2003 levels."We've considered returning HYT limits to their normal levels for several years. Now that our Air Force end strength is stabilizing, it is an appropriate time to

  • 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