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  • USAFCENT adopts school

    More than 20 Air Force members from the U.S. Air Forces Central A2 Directorate volunteered at Alice Drive Elementary School during the last few weeks of the Sumter school year as part of the Adopt-a-School program. The Adopt-a-School program is where units from Shaw promise to provide support to a

  • Shaw plays in MARE

    Shaw Airmen participated in a major accident response exercise June 5, which simulated an F-16 crash and the emergency response that follows. A MARE can simulate a number of things, said Erik Singletary, 20th Fighter Wing exercise and inspections director. It can be a hurricane evacuation, a

  • Strengthening community bonds

    The driving sound of music from a live band, the smell of elephant ears and corn dogs fill the air, children laugh and play on giant inflatable rides and community members show their pride of the relationship they have with a local military base. That's what happened on the streets of Sumter, S.C.

  • 55th FS heads for Alaska

    More than 125 Airmen and approximately 10 F-16s from the 55th Fighter Squadron are participating in a multinational exercise called Red Flag, which is hosted at Eielson AFB, Alaska, from June 3 -21. Several allied countries are participating in the exercise, to include Japan, Germany, Australia and

  • Ninth AF breaks ground on Fallen Airman's memorial

    With golden shovels the 9th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Central leadership broke ground for the 9th AF and U.S. AFCENT Airman's Memorial during a ceremony at 9 a.m. May 30 on the 9th AF headquarters parade grounds. Lt. Gen. Gary North, 9th AF and U.S. AFCENT commander and Chief Master Sgt. Scott

  • 77th FS deploys to the fight

    More than 200 Airmen and a dozen F-16s from the 77th Fighter Squadron deployed to Southwest Asia throughout the Memorial Day weekend to support the Global War on Terrorism. "We are providing our combatant commanders with their most lethal and proven weapon - highly skilled and tactically trained