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  • Shaw increases mission flexibility while sustaining local ecosystem

    Shaw Wildland Support Module personnel and 20th Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen administered controlled burns at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range in Wedgefield, Jan. 18.This prescribed burn was part of a bigger initiative to maintain 12,500 acres of military land while preventing wildfires, sparking

  • Shaw Air Force Base Deepens its Roots on Arbor Day

    From left, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jimmy Oxendine, 20th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) commander, Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Griste, 20th Fighter Wing command chief, retired Army Lt. Col. Everett Sharpe, South Carolina Forestry Commission (SCFC) community staff forester, Col. Kristoffer Smith,

  • Shaw leads with innovative environmental restoration projects

    The U.S. Air Force 20th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) and the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) continue efforts to investigate, monitor and treat the presence of chemical compounds known as PFAS in water sources at and around Shaw Air Force Base.PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl