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  • New cell phone restrictions for drivers

    Drivers on any military installation, and operators of government-owned, leased or rented vehicles on or off an Air Force installation, may not use cell phones while the vehicle is in operation except when using a hands-free device or hands-free operating mode, according to the updated Air Force

  • Shaw air traffic system passes inspection with zero write-ups

    Shaw was inspected by Air Combat Command in the Air Traffic System Evaluation Program recently and team Shaw passed with flying colors. "We had zero observations!" said Capt. Christopher Smith, 20th Operations Support Squadron airfield operations flight commander. "An observation is the most serious

  • 20th FSS Airman receives Culinary Excellence Award

    Senior Airman Tamie Murdock, 20th Force Support Squadron food service specialist, was recognized as a top performer while stationed at Misawa Air Force Base, Japan, with the 35th FSS. The recognition earned her the opportunity to attend the Culinary Institute of America Greystone Campus in Napa

  • Engineer from Shaw helps keep Afghan roads safe for travel

    "Roads bring people. People bring business and business improves life for everyone." These words, spoken in 2006 by Canadian Brig. Gen. Daniel Pepin, then the deputy general for reconstruction projects in Afghanistan, have proven prophetic, as, three years later, the ability to move vehicles and

  • 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