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  • Air Force Military Treatment Facilities pilot medical readiness

    Air Force Medicine has a non-stop global readiness mission. Medical Airmen must be prepared to deploy on short notice to provide life-saving and performance-enhancing healthcare in diverse, austere, and isolated locations, and all Airmen must be medically ready to deploy. To achieve this readiness

  • Celebrating 100 years of 55th Fighter Squadron

    The 55th Fighter Squadron will celebrate its 100th anniversary Aug. 9, 2017. The following facts celebrate and recognize the hard work and dedication of the men and women who have served with the squadron.

  • EPME 21 prepares Shaw’s NCOs

    U.S. Airmen at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, entered a new era of enlisted professional military education, July 18.

  • Airmen compete for ‘Alpha’ status

    The Alpha Warrior Air Force Tour visited Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, Aug. 1 to 2.The tour is scheduled to visit 41 Air Force installations worldwide and give military members an opportunity to test their strength with an Alpha Warrior battle rig.Along with the rig, service members received

  • Kids meet Shaw Weasels

    Airmen assigned to the 20th Force Support Squadron Airman and Family Readiness Center hosted a Kids Meet the Shaw Weasels event for more than 280 participants, July 28.

  • QA Airman oversees flightline operations

    U.S. Airmen assigned to the 20th Maintenance Group maintenance quality assurance flight are tasked with providing oversight and mentorship to various maintenance Airmen at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. These Airmen, which include metals technology technicians and tactical aircraft maintainers, determine

  • Total Force Airmen can now manage their life insurance online

    Airmen no longer need paper forms to manage their Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, thanks to the new SGLI Online Enrollment System, or SOES. SGLI provides automatic life insurance coverage of $400,000 to service members when they enter the service. Members with SGLI also get automatic coverage

  • Tiger slated to be Thunderbird No. 6

    A small child in a sea of people stands in awe as the Thunderbirds, the U.S. Air Force precision-flying demonstration team, perform overhead. He feels the jet noise as it rumbles in his chest, while watching pilots guide red, white and blue F-16 Fighting Falcons into various maneuvers and