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  • Hot-pits: innovation at its finest

    During the coldest and hottest months of the year, the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s Airmen continue to step out onto the flight line to perform ground refueling, also known as hot-pits, in order to get F-16CM Fighting Falcons back in the air as fast as possible.

  • Performing customs, courtesies Shaw style

    The Air Force Instruction 34-1201 Protocol consists of 105 pages of rules regarding flag placement, car driving procedures and how to welcome a distinguished visitor to an Air Force installation.

  • Staying safe with supplements

    There are many questions and expectations people have about supplements. Individuals often take supplements to help boost metabolism, testosterone, endurance or for the ability to fight off illness or disease. Sometimes, people search for a supplement to help with a pre-existing medical condition

  • Munitions Airmen support pilot training

    High above their various training grounds, 20th Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots navigate the skies in simulated battle, deploying munitions, such as inert bombs, and using their M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannons to strike targets.

  • Shaw AFB commitment to environmental protection

    MEMORANDUM FOR ALL SHAW AFB PERSONNEL FROM: 20 FW/CC SUBJECT: Shaw AFB Commitment to Environmental Protection 1. The 20th Fighter Wing embraces the goal of protecting the environment and our natural resources within their area of responsibility including Shaw AFB, Poinsett Electronic Combat Range,

  • Legal Weasels keep Team Shaw on right side of law

    Legal matters can be tricky. Can anyone in the 20th Fighter Wing legal office provide legal advice? What is the first step to procuring a power of attorney? Can Airmen solicit fundraising donations in uniform? Luckily for Team Shaw members, the award-winning professionals at the 20th FW legal office

  • Getting to know Code of Conduct: Articles IV-VI

    Retired Air Force Col. Dewey Waddell was shot down in his F-105 Thunderchief over the jungles of Vietnam, July 5, 1967. He spent the next six years as a prisoner of war in the Hanoi Hilton.