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  • Shaw NCO recognized for efforts to prevent accidents

    A Shaw member has recently received the Flight Line Safety Outstanding Achievement Award from Air Combat Command. ACC Safety Awards recognize individuals, groups and units for their efforts in mishap prevention. Staff Sgt. Coda Whitehead, 20th Component Maintenance Squadron Egress section, earned

  • Twins reunited at Shaw

    Twins obviously have a lot in common: same parents and birthdays. But for Senior Airmen Patricia Maghanoy and Aurelia Garza, 20th Component Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeymen, the similarities don't end there. They also share the same career field, squadron and flight. Born Jan.

  • African-American Heritage: Shaw pilot lives American dream

    The American dream for many people is to persevere through tough surroundings and beginnings to become a successful person and leader. For Maj. Anthony Roberson, 20th Operations Group chief of standardization and evaluations, he is making that dream a reality. A product of inner-city Oakland,

  • Tops in Blue selects third Team Shaw member

    It started with an e-mail requesting more information about applying for Tops in Blue, but in a matter of days it turned into the chance of a lifetime for one Shaw member. Capt. Brian Matchik, 20th Services Squadron, was selected Feb. 5 to join Tops in Blue as a trumpet player. He is the second 20th

  • Hazardous waste, pollution prevention

    Regulating hazardous waste and developing new ways to divert, reduce, reuse and recycle may not be commonplace for most Shaw members, but for a few members of the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron’s hazardous waste and pollution prevention sections, it is life as usual. Throughout Shaw, there are various

  • Tops in Blue selects second Team Shaw member

    First Lt. Andi Andrews has been singing on stage since she was 11 years old. So when she found out a few talented people got to travel around the world with the Air Force and do just that, she jumped at the chance. With the help of folks from the 20th Services Squadron, who set up her stage

  • Preparing for, dealing with disasters

    They are the only non-profit organization congressionally mandated to respond to natural disasters. They are the American Red Cross. Natural disasters can mean many things such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados and floods, said Nancy Cataldo, American Red Cross Central South Carolina Chapter

  • Shaw volunteers preserve history at Poinsett Range

    Volunteers with the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron here are preserving history by renovating structures on Poinsett Range that were built in 1936 by an organization unique in America's history.The Rosemary Fire Tower and accompanying ranger's house were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, an

  • Sumter police train at Shaw

    Controlled turns, breaking precision, backing and evasive driving are just a few techniques Sumter City Police Department officers practiced last week in two training courses set up at Shaw. The police officers took an emergency vehicle operations course and a precision driving course. Safety,

  • Shaw trains still chugging

    History stops here often. It chugs to a halt about three times a week outside an elongated single-story building as two 80-ton locomotives deliver jet fuel to the fuels management flight. Shaw's rail operation, which has been active since 1941, is almost an anomaly in the Air Force. "We're one of