Fertile Keynote
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Captain Matthew Feeman, an F-16 alert pilot from Shaw's 55th Fighter Squadron, approaches a Cessna airplane, flown by South Carolina's Civil Air Patrol, to attempt communication, as part of exercise Fertile Keynote Nov.19. Shaw's alert Airmen work 12 or 48-hour shifts to make sure the mission functions 'round the clock. "Holidays too," said Senior Master Sgt. William Partin, alert NCO-in-charge. "I think if you talk to the folks, you'll find very few who are disgruntled." Airman First Class Andrew Norton doesn't have a problem with it. "Usually on holidays the colonels come by and drop off food," he said. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Michael Cowley)