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  • Pets are responsibility too

    Household pets are beings that can enhance the morale of a family by being playful, joyful and comforting. But pets are also dependent beings who add responsibility to a family. Not only are Shaw military housing residents allowed to have pets in their homes, but the base boasts a veterinary clinic

  • Electronic scenarios provide top-notch training for pilots

    It may be hard to tell at a glance, but there's much more to Poinsett Electronic Combat Range than bombing and gunnery targets. The electronic combat section, operated by personnel under a U.S. Air Force contract, provides critical training not only to Shaw's F-16 pilots, but also to other Air

  • Key spouse program strengthens Team Shaw

    A book cover once said that it takes a village to raise a child. That may be, but it takes a worldwide network to support the Air Force. Essential to that network are the spouses, family members, agencies and service programs to keep the Air Force strong. One node in that network is the Key Spouse

  • Rapidly fielding combat capability: A test in innovation and teamwork

    Somewhere in Afghanistan, a J-TAC calls in close air support for an Army patrol under enemy fire. The mountainous terrain makes it difficult to send and receive radio transmissions with the aircrew. Enemy forces seem to be advancing, and minutes feel like hours as the ground controller radios for

  • British pilot flies 20th Fighter Wing's jets through exchange program

    A crew chief stands ready by his F-16 Fighting Falcon here on the flightline. Off in the distance, he sees the pilot with helmet and gear in hand. As the pilot approaches, the crew chief executes a salute, but he is puzzled with the pilot's rank on his flight suit. The pilot is Flight Lieutenant

  • Wingman, leader, warrior and poet

    "How does she do it all?" might be the first question that comes to mind when meeting Senior Airman Jazmin Wilson, 609th Air and Space Operations Center Detachment 1 interface control technician, who recently had a book signing in Sumter, S.C. for the publishing of her poems. Endurance, willpower

  • Pilots, ground forces train at Poinsett

    From Air Force and Marine fighter jets to Army helicopters, military pilots put bombs, and bullets, on target at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range. According to Frank Bordeaux, Poinsett Electronic Combat Range operations officer, the primary mission is to train Department of Defense aircrews in

  • Religion in the Air Force: Caught in the crossfire

    Look around you. See all those men and women in uniform? A lot more of them than just the chaplains are interested in spiritual matters.In fact, about 85 percent of Air Force officers and 75 percent of enlisted members claim any of 166 different religions and denominations. In our nation's

  • Pilot for a day

    The 77th Fighter Squadron has a new pilot, 8-year-old Devon Nekic. Devon's visit to Shaw was spurred by a routine doctor check-up. He began his battle against cancer at age 4, and after treatment and chemotherapy, it went into remission for two years. However at Devon's most recent check-up, he was

  • West Nile Virus

    As warmer temperatures arrive, mosquitoes, a natural host of the West Nile Virus, re-emerge and bring with them an increased risk of human infection. Experts believe the WNV is a seasonal epidemic in North America, flaring up in the summer and continuing into the fall. Mosquitoes pick up the virus