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  • 20th Fighter Wing immerses FAIPs in combat mission

    Air Combat Command First Assignment Instructor Pilots familiarization initiative exposes FAIPs to the Viper mission at Shaw Air Force Base. This immersion gives FAIP a look into the flying aspect of the mission and showed them what future operational pilots can expect if they are assigned the F-16.

  • Gamblers redeploy home to Shaw

    Airmen assigned to the 77th Fighter Squadron and the 77th Fighter Generation Squadron, also known as the “Gamblers”, as well as other Team Shaw units, redeployed from U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility late April.

  • One team, one fight: feature II

    With all the training and preparation F-16CM Fighting Falcons and their pilots have to go through, someone has to track the status and data required for a pilot to safely “step” out of the door and onto the flight line.Aviation resource management Airmen take care of pilots assigned to all three

  • Strength, sacrifice, resiliency; the Gamblers return

    After kissing loved ones, embracing their children and saying goodbye for six months to serve the United States in a country more than 7,000 miles away, Airmen from the 77th Fighter Squadron, also known as the Gamblers, set off for their journey to Afghanistan October, 2017. The Gamblers were