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  • 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

  • Shaw, Sumter volunteers care for families

    The 20th Fighter Wing Chaplain Corps in conjunction with Shaw and Sumter volunteers hosted a Deployed Family Dinner at the Carolina Skies Club and Conference Center, July 24.

  • 20th FW receives first fighter jets

    A P-51D Mustang assigned to the 20th Fighter Group (FG) sits on the flightline of Shaw Field, S.C., circa 1946, and an F-84 Thunderjet sits on the Shaw flightline, circa 1948.

  • 20th FW celebrates 70th birthday

    The 20th Fighter Wing serves the Air Force as the primary suppression of enemy air defenses wing, preparing and employing combat-ready SEAD and attack F-16CM Fighting Falcon airpower.