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  • Three minutes of emergency

    September 21, 2006, started off as a normal day for 77th Fighter Squadron F-16CJ pilots, Capt. Brian "Snake" Crum and Capt. Julie "Disco" Moore, but the three minutes that followed takeoff would be anything but ordinary. After doing the normal preparations to fly--paperwork, safety briefings and

  • Shaw team takes on speedway

    After five years of watching from the stands, two of Shaw's Airmen are getting behind the wheel for this season's races at the Sumter Speedway each Saturday. Tech. Sgt. Corey Becker, 20th Security Forces combat arms assistant NCOIC, and Staff Sgt. Travis Lincoln, 20th SFS combat arms scheduler,

  • Shaw Airman represents Air Force in boxing

    A typical day for Staff Sgt. Rosey Summerville would mean going to work at the 20th Services Squadron lodging office, greeting incoming and outgoing Shaw personnel, but recently Sergeant Summerville took on a new venture -- to become an Air Force boxer. Currently, Sergeant Summerville is training

  • Wateree Recreation Area offers relief, relaxation

    When the temperatures rise in South Carolina, the cool open air of the lake at the Wateree Recreation Area offers relief and relaxation. Shaw Air Force Base controls 25 acres of Wateree's 190-mile shoreline and 14,000-acre area, holding endless possibilities for all Department of Defense

  • 20th FW Airmen load up for victory

    Four crews arrived at hangar 1200 on March 16 with one goal: to earn the load crew of the year title. The bleachers filled up with members from each aircraft maintenance unit, all eager to cheer on the crews and show their support. Several trailers pulled up to the hangar, revealing the weapons the

  • Shaw Airman maintains computers in Iraq

    A laptop computer used by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations for surveillance within the perimeter of Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, recently lost all sound capability. In less than 30 minutes it was fully operational thanks to Airman 1st Class Emily Cosson of the 506th Expeditionary

  • Remembering those who served

    Gerald dips his brush into red acrylic paint, slowly raising his right hand to the canvas. Careful not to drip paint onto his bed, he cautiously brings the brush down. As he struggles to steady the brush, he waits before bringing his brush to the canvas one more time. Mr. Gerald Jackson is one of 57

  • Viper East Demo Team takes off

    Shaw's Viper East F-16 Demonstration Team started this year's season March 1 with the annual Heritage Flight training conference at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Thirteen of Shaw's finest spend nine months out of the year traveling around the world, demonstrating tactical capabilities of the

  • Shaw Airman keeps Kirkuk connected

    An entire unit in Iraq would be cut off from the rest of the world without the help of one individual. A material management craftsman, Staff Sgt. Susan Rhodes orders, tracks, expedites and receives mission-critical parts for communication systems essential to keeping Kirkuk Regional Air Base

  • Airfield management: 'Hub of airfield operations'

    Without the work of 15 Airmen assigned to the 20th Operations Support Squadron Airfield Management Flight, operations on the airfield would be like an orchestra without a conductor, said Capt. Jonathan Townsend, 20th OSS airfield operations flight commanderAs the hub for airfield operations, the