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  • No second chances: AFE Airmen ensure pilot safety

    Pilots rush into the locker room preparing for another day of flying. Laughing and joking, they throw on their gear and grab their helmets. To them it's just another day, but the Airmen that serviced their equipment look on with a slightly anxious look in their eyes as they see the pilots walk out

  • Shaw involves community in environmental restoration process

    For the 20th Fighter Wing, the mission always comes first - but the needs of the mission must be balanced with the responsibility to ensure impact on the environment is minimal.To encourage community involvement in the environmental restoration process, the Department of Defense created Restoration

  • What's in your attic?

    Putting a spin on the old adage, "one man's trash is another man's treasure," the Shaw Air Force Base Attic is turning gently used donations into needed items that improve the quality of life for enlisted personnel E-5 and below, free of charge.Officially dubbed the "Airman's Attic" at many Air

  • Faces of the flood: Shaw AFB Airmen support community

    Hurricane Joaquin loomed near the East Coast, bringing a storm that dumped record breaking rainfall on South Carolina for six days, causing severe flooding across the state.Organizations on Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., gathered to assist the local community, providing disaster relief to those affected

  • Spirit of the City: Airman turns mayor

    With a motto like "Uncommon Patriotism," the city of Sumter, South Carolina is rooted in military ties and many of those ties are seen through the eyes and under the leadership of the City Mayor.Born and raised in Sumter, former Capt. Joseph McElveen has been acquainted with Shaw Air Force Base from

  • Air Force celebrates 68th birthday

    In 1947, the U.S. Air Force was born, created from experience and need, and grown through innovation and dedication.President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947, activating the U.S. Air Force and enabling the United States to breed Airmen who fly, fight, and win against

  • DOD makes cents of scraps

    In 2013, approximately 754 aircraft trained on Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, dropping 1,070 bombs during the process.One of the uses of the range is to provide an area where pilots can practice targeting using unguided bombs, aided munitions that use a GPS, and laser guided bombs.However, the

  • Precision, honor, respect: Honor Guardsmen recognize sacrifice

    "On behalf of the president of the United States, the Department of the Air Force, and a grateful nation, we offer our nations flag for the faithful and honorable service of your loved one," recited Airman 1st Class Rori Sorensen, 20th Force Support Squadron Honor Guard acting flight sergeant, as

  • Motivated by education, opportunity: Airman finds second home with Air Force

    Many words are used to describe the United States of America; some call it the land of plenty, freedom, or equality, but at least one Airman regards it as the land of opportunity.Airman 1st Class Bin Ma, 20th Comptroller Squadron financial services technician, departed Wuhan, China in 2008 to start

  • It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a Wild Weasel

    Soaring over the skies of Shaw, people might now see a flying weasel.That's because the 20th Fighter Wing's flagship F-16CM Fighting Falcon tail flash recently received a makeover to honor the 50th anniversary of the Wild Weasels.Half a century ago a group of pilots were nicknamed Wild Weasels for