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  • Shaw's 55th FS trains at Red Flag

    "Shooters" from Shaw's 55th Fighter Squadron fly F-16s out to the Nevada Test and Training Range, Oct. 29, 2009 during Red Flag 10-1. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile

  • New program recycles, reuses computer peripherals

    The 20th Mission Support Group here started a new program Nov. 2, Computer Peripheral Reuse/Recycle Program, which provides a central location to reuse or recycle computer peripherals such as mice, keyboards, speakers and monitors. "The Shaw initiative will save money on many items we normally

  • New main gate traffic

    The new Shaw Air Force Base main gate guard facility is now open and the old facility is no longer manned. Drivers do not need to slow up at the old gate house. Security forces officials say just proceed to the new gate guard facility with caution and remember to slow down for identification checks.

  • Shaw on AF list of top five F-35 candidate bases

    Air Force officials in Washington, D.C., announced today Shaw and McEntire Air Guard Base are on the list of candidate locations for basing the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. The list of candidate bases was approved by the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force and identifies the

  • Ex-Shaw jet at Darlington getting extreme make-over

    Boy Scout Frankie Slemmer may have bitten off a big chunk as he started to restore a Shaw veteran Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star. Due to lack of materials, labor and plans he hasn't embarked on the restoration part for his Eagle Scout project. Still, Slemmer hopes to give the 1954-vintage, two-seat

  • Shaw units use FASCAP, receive money for new equipment

    If a unit has a vacant funded manpower position, the Fast Capital Investment Fund Program can provide money to the unit if they can give up the vacant position for a year or more. This alternative to funds can assist an organization with new equipment that can enhance productivity in a work process

  • "Once a Gambler, always a Gambler"

    "We are Team Shaw, and when one is not with us, we are not complete." Those were the words spoken in prayer by Capt. Lane Campbell, 77th Fighter Squadron "Gamblers" chaplain, as he began the memorial service honoring Capt. Nicholas Giglio, who died in an F-16 mid-air collision over the Atlantic Oct.

  • Ridesharing comes to Shaw

    In April 2000, former President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 13150 which officially supported the use of mass transportation and vanpools for commuting federal employees. Since then, bases have adopted their own versions of vanpooling. Shaw Air Force Base, in conjunction with the members of

  • H1N1 vaccine allocation

    Many questions have surfaced regarding H1N1 vaccine arrival and allocation. In response to these questions the 20 Medical Group wants to share the following information with our community.On Oct. 13, 2009, an Information Paper was received from the Department of Defense with the following H1N1

  • Influenza virus in full swing

    A spokesperson for Tuomey Medical Center in Sumter said last week that about 90 percent of the flu cases they're seeing now are H1N1, also known as "swine flu."This virus is a new influenza virus that first caused illness in Mexico and the United States in April 2009. It is thought that the H1N1