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SUMTER, S.C. (WCBD) – Shaw Air Force Base welcomed the 55th Fighter Squadron home on Friday after their six-month deployment. The 55th Fighter Squadron and the Fighter Generation Squadron were ...
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, -- Six F-16s from Shaw Air Force Base's 55th Fighter Squadron returned home Wednesday to a hero's welcome. The squadron didn't take part in the Iraq war, but its role in ...
Kotnik was the chief of training for the 55th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Shaw for three years before switching to the Viper team. She flew missions in support of Operation Noble Eagle -- the air ...
Six F-16s from Shaw Air Force Base's 55th Fighter Squadron returned to South Carolina Wednesday as about 50 wives, children and friends cheered and waved US flags It was quiet morning of waiting ...
Airman 1st Class Jacob Cooper, a 55th Fighter Generation Squadron crew chief, marshals an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., in July 2020. The 55th Fighter Squadron is heading to ...
235Members of the U.S. Air Force’s 55th Fighter Squadron and the Shooter Aircraft Maintenance Unit will be returning to Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter 8 a.m. Friday after four months in South Korea.
It is one of the most dangerous jobs in the air. The wing consists of the 55th Fighter Squadron (“Fighting Fifty-Fifth”), 77th Fighter Squadron (“The Gamblers”) and the 79th Fighter ...
A crew of U.S. Air Force personnel from the 55th Fighter Squadron are set to arrive on Wednesday, June 23, and complete their training over the course of the next seven days. Up until last ...