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  • Looking back on seven decades of difference

    Less than six and a half years after Shaw Field was officially activated, it was redesignated as Shaw Air Force Base, Jan. 14, 1948.During those first years, the U.S. Army installation was very different than the Air Force base it is today.The site was officially approved for the construction of a

  • Friendship is forever

    On a cold winter night, people stand around a holiday tree in anticipation. A chaplain stands among them, offering his services to those of all faiths and sharing words of wisdom with the crowd. After a countdown, a child flips a switch to turn on the lights, making the tree glow with décor, and the

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