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  • Three into one: Protestant services merge

    Three, separate Shaw chapel Protestant services (gospel, traditional and contemporary) will merge into one "praise service" starting October 7, chaplains announded.Chaplain (Maj.) Matthew Boarts, 20th Fighter Wing deputy wing chaplain, explained that combining services frees up staff time so

  • Climbing to 25,000 feet (without leaving the ground)

    As passengers checked their oxygen equipment by handling their masks and hoses, switches and gauges they prepared for takeoff here July 10. While the crew glanced at one another and fidgeted, they slowly breathed in and out began to ascend to an altitude of 25,000-feet -- without ever leaving the

  • Shaw Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Jason Watkins

    This week's Shaw Spotlight is Staff Sgt. Jason Watkins, 20th Maintenance Operations Squadron maintenance training flight instructor from Franklin, N.C. Watkins says he has grown to become a more well rounded individual with nine years in the U.S. Air Force and five of those years have been at Shaw

  • Shaw nurse tells Afghan war story

    In the darkness of the night a helicopter on a medevac mission flew across the hot, dry land of Afghanistan carrying a wounded Afghan in critical condition.U.S. Air Force Capt. Jennifer Mitchum, of Shaw's 20th Medical Operations Squadron a clinic nurse and flight chief at the Family Health Clinic,

  • 20th CES lights the way

    The morning air was still cool as Airmen walked out onto the flightline, not yet heated by the summer sun.In the darkness of the early hours, the Airmen turned on the airfield lights which flooded both the grass and concrete runways and taxiways with bright colors. During the next hour, the airmen

  • 20th FW opens, closes chapter in U.S. military history

    Early in the morning, on Dec. 18, 2011, a two-ship of U.S. Air Force F-16s patrolled the skies over Iraq, ensuring the safety of American servicemembers as the last U.S. convoy cruised down the road toward the Kuwait border.The sun was very low on the horizon and the shadows from the vehicles

  • Team Shaw hosts job fair

    A job fair for retiring or separating service members, military spouses and dependents was held at Carolina Skies here, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 22, 2012.The Airman and Family Readiness Center arranged a job fair to assist men and women transitioning from active duty service to a civilian career."We

  • 20th FW F-16s using $$-saving commercial fuel

    The 20th Fighter Wing recently became one of the first Air Force flying units to switch from military-grade JP-8 fuel to commercial jet fuel known as Jet-A, saving money without sacrificing the quality or performance of the aircraft.Jet-A fuel is two cents cheaper per gallon than JP-8 fuel, and is

  • Shaw Spotlight: Senior Airman Eric Nagel

    This week's Shaw Spotlight is Senior Airman Eric Nagel, 20th Contracting Squadron contracts administrator, from Minneapolis, Minn."If I could say anything that defines me, I would have to say that I enjoy friendly competition," said Nagel. "It challenges me and motivates me to be better." Nagel has

  • Honoring retreat: Not just a way to end the duty day

    Honor Guard members' cast distinctive shadows across the warm concrete slab as the evening sun begins to descend. With serious faces, they don't move a muscle while standing tall in front of the United States flag.Respect, discipline and bearing are more than words to this group of Airmen, who wait