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  • Shaw makes history, tests air-to-ground lethality at exercise

    Shaw's 55th Fighter Squadron deployed Aug. 18 to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to participate in exercise Combat Hammer, which started Monday. One hundred twenty-three personnel including pilots, maintainers, weapons loaders, crew chiefs, operations support and life support technicians are taking part

  • Airmen step up to take swab, help save lives

    You saw his face everywhere. The base exchange, dining facilities, the laundry exchange, work centers and even in the bathroom. The smiles of Cavion Holloway adorned hundreds of posters across the base advertising the bone marrow registration drive being held in his memory. The base-wide advertising

  • Shaw's Spotlight

    Shaw spotlight presents:  Staff Sgt. Brian O'ConnorOrganization:  55th Aircraft Maintenance UnitDuty title:  Avionics craftsman and swing shift expeditorWhat are your job duties?  Ensuring aircraft are mission ready for pilotsTime in service:  Eight years and seven monthsWhat do you enjoy about the

  • Sumter Shaw Street Fest coming

    The fifth annual Sumter Shaw Street Fest kicks off on Main Steet in Sumter Aug. 25 at 6 p.m. The event will begin with an opening ceremony which will include Col. Bill Hyatt, 20th Fighter Wing commander, and Honorable Joseph T. McElveen, Mayor, City of Sumter, greeting the community together. The

  • Shaw's Spotlight

    Shaw's Spotlight presents: Airman 1st Class John Paul Diaz. Organization: 20th Component Maintenance Squadron Duty title: Electrical and environmental apprentice What do you like about your job? Being able to maintain and troubleshoot a multi-million-dollar aircraft Time in service: Two and a half

  • Initiative streamlines Air Force

    As force shaping restructures the personnel of the Air Force, the Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st century initiative is restructuring the processes and systems that define how the Air Force does business. "The AFSO21 initiative is a philosophy change designed to eliminate waste while