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  • Backbone of aviation

    From sunrise to sunset, the backbone of the aviation community works through the summer heat; crew chiefs are the gears keeping the mission going and aircraft ready.

  • Airman looks out for ‘undercats’

    A woman juggles between carrying two cat kennels and opening a car door as she hears a familiar cry. Moments later her car is zooming away with two kitties, healthy and ready for new homes, and one, sick and hungry, unaware of how its destiny has starkly changed.

  • 20th OG welcomes new commander

    Col. Robert Raymond assumed command of the 20th Operations Group from Col. Brian Jackson during a change of command ceremony presided over by Col. Derek O’Malley, 20th Fighter Wing commander, June 26.

  • Annual report declares base water ‘safe’

    Leadership from the 20th Fighter Wing and the 20th Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenvironmental engineering flight released the Shaw AFB Annual Drinking Water Quality Consumer Confidence Report, officially declaring Shaw’s drinking water safe for all consumers, June 27.

  • Shaw Airmen, USCG hone joint water rescue skills

    Teaming up with U.S. Coast Guardsmen from Tybee Island Coast Guard Station, Georgia, the Shaw Weasels traveled 25 nautical miles offshore to simulate downed pilot search and recovery efforts.

  • Behind bioenvironmental suits

    Giant orange suits march rhythmically with oxygen tanks and clipboards in hand while waving chemical detection equipment over a spill as they arrive on-scene. At the same time, the water murmurs as it falls into a small test tube held by an Airman wearing blue gloves looking for possible

  • Preparing today can change tomorrow

    Under stress, the brain releases the stress hormone, cortisol, which controls adrenaline levels and clouds thinking, igniting reactions to a crisis situation one was not prepared for.