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  • SERE Water Survival

    Senior Airman Justin Carson, 20th Fighter Wing Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, instructed 20th FW pilots on different water survival techniques they could use in a real-world survival situation. The pilots learned from many different training scenarios like open ocean survival

  • Shaw wins Meritorious Unit Award

    Shaw's host unit, the 20th Fighter Wing, and the 609th Air Communications Squadron have earned Meritorious Unit Awards, the Commander of Air Combat Command, General John Corley, recently announced this week. "The 20 Fighter Wing's direct support of our Nation's effort in the CENTCOM region coupled

  • Shaw exceeds AFAF goal

    The Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign fundraiser ended this month. Shaw received donations from over 1,409 Airmen, many from deployed locations, and 39 outside donors totaling $136,717.21 over a six-week period, beating this year's goal of $98,464 by more than $38,000. In fact, according to Air

  • New guy at Red Flag

    Las Vegas may have a reputation for fun and games, but when it comes to Red Flag exercises, there is no room for messing around, especially for the new guys. The very purpose of Red Flag is to train new Airmen - especially pilots - to plan and fight in large force employments, or LFEs. For Lt. Col.

  • Israeli allies fly with U.S. forces at Red Flag

    Flying at home station is necessary for training, but flying with other units, especially an allied unit like the Israeli Air Force, results in valuable experience and preparation for the fight. A squadron of F-16Is from Ramon Air Base, Israel, is one of the nine units participating in Red Flag 09-4

  • Red Flag chaplain serves along flight lines

    The Red Flag chaplain monitors the morale of Airmen on the flight line as temperatures rise and the days grow long. At Red Flag, an exercise that provides young Airmen - especially pilots - with the opportunity to experience a realistic combat environment, workdays are lengthy, and temperatures are

  • Deployment changes urged

    In one recent week, 14 Airmen assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing undertook a detailed review of the wing's methods for deploying personnel and equipment. Under the Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century program, this Value Stream Analysis involved Airmen from a variety of organizations

  • Shaw competes in ACC CBRN competition

    Personnel from the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management flight and the 20th Aerospace Medical Squadron bioenvironmental section teamed up to compete in a three-day chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear competition. Evaluators from Air Combat Command Headquarters came to test

  • Anything you can do...

    The 20th Maintenance Group's aircraft maintenance units held their second 2009 quarterly weapons load competition July 8, with a team from each of the AMUs. Each team was directed to load one AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile, one guided bomb GBU-24 laser-guided, 2,000-pound bomb and

  • Shaw Web site transitions to a new look

    Shaw's Web site has a new look. This change follows the new design of AF.mil, which went live a few months ago. The new site is more user-friendly, with pages centered in order to fit any size monitor. The new layout also has wider columns and enables the use of larger images. You will also notice