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  • 20th CMS Propulsion Trailer section is...Saving money safely

    Attention to detail and a desire to be more efficient have helped one 20th Component Maintenance Squadron section to save money, work smarter and work safer. They recently devised a plan for replacing unserviceable spindles and saved $72,000 in trailer replacement costs. The 20th CMS Propulsion

  • Preparation is key to surviving...Natural Disasters

    He awoke in the early morning hours of Sept. 21, 1989, to find his apartment facing Hurricane Hugo’s fury. The wind was howling as horizontal rain tried to seep through the cracks of the rattling doors. In the morning, debris from power lines, trees, houses and more lay everywhere in the aftermath

  • Report confirms base drinking water safe

    This is the annual consumer confidence report on the quality of water delivered by Shaw Air Force Base (AFB) during calendar year 2005. Under the “Consumer Confidence Reporting Rule” of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), community water systems are required to report water quality

  • Four 'Ps' required before doing maintenance

    There are 2,000 maintainers in the 20th Maintenance Group performing maintenance on 80 F-16s, the components that go on the aircraft, ground equipment and munitions. Before any maintainer performs maintenance on Shaw’s aircraft, they must complete four prerequisites. If they are missing any of the

  • Combat search and rescue training with the Tactical air control party

    The 682nd Air Support Operations Squadron acted as aircraft crash survivors during combat search and rescue training April 20 with the 74th Fighter Squadron from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. The tactical air control party's typical job is to advise, assist and control, said Staff Sgt. Marcus Mader,

  • Shaw flight protects environment

    Work for some Shaw members consists of sitting at a desk working on a computer all day, Monday through Friday. For members of the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron Environmental Flight’s natural and cultural resources team, their work can consist of anything from conducting wetland, wildlife and

  • Recovering, adjusting after sexual assault

    Sexual assault occurs when one person forces any unwanted sexual contact onto another person. It can involve a stranger, friend, partner or acquaintance. It can involve any type of unwanted sexual behavior. Being sexually assaulted involves both physical and psychological assault. Assault victims

  • Air Force Chaplain explains chaplain’s role in GWOT

    During a visit to Shaw, Chaplin (Maj. Gen.) Charles C. Baldwin, Air Force Chaplains Service chief, talked with the The Shaw Spirit Jan. 20 about various issues involving the Air Force Chaplain Service that effect Airmen across the Air Force. Q: How has the chaplain’s role changed since the Global

  • Shaw security forces always vigilant

    Every day they put on a beret and a badge to help ensure the safety and security of the people who live and work at Shaw Air Force Base. They are the men and women of the 20th Security Forces Squadron. The primary mission of the 20th SFS is to protect and serve 24 hours a day, seven days a week, not