FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina ~ 04 OCT 2022

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina

Shaw Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 8.4 miles west-northwest of downtown Sumter, South Carolina. It is one of the largest military bases operated by the United States, and is under the jurisdiction of USAF Air Combat Command (ACC). The 20th Fighter Wing (20th FW) is the host unit.

In August of 2009 the 20th Fighter Wing was allocated to the Ninth Air Force, a Numbered Air Force (NAF) under Air Combat Command headquartered at Shaw AFB. As of August of 2020, Ninth AF units were reallocated under the Fifteenth AF, which is responsible for delivering combat airpower worldwide and provides an agile Air Force, Joint, or Combined Task Force Headquarters.

Shaw's current aircraft include 85 C- and D- model block 50 F-16CJ Fighting Falcons. The wing's 55th Fighter Squadron "Shooters", 77th FS "Gamblers," and 79th FS "Tigers" train to perform suppression or destruction of enemy air defenses, air-to-air, air-to-ground and close air support. The 20th FW is the only SEAD or "Wild Weasel" wing in the continental United States, and the largest F-16 combat wing in the U.S. Air Force and possibly in the world.

Shaw's associate units include the Army and Air Force Exchange Service; Air Force Audit Agency; Det. QD 20, Air Force Legal Service Agency Judiciary Area Defense Counsel; Det. 212, Air Force Office of Special Investigations; 337th U.S. Air Force Recruiting Squadron; Det. 2, 372nd Training Squadron; 609th Air Operations Group; 609th Air Support Squadron; 609th Air Intelligence Group; 609th Combat Plans Squadron; 609th Air Communications Squadron; and Defense Commissary Agency.

Learn More About Shaw Air Force Base HERE!!

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[radu]

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[radu]

Howdy, lauren. *Hugz*

I hope everything’s hunky-dory down your way these days.

[laurenmarlowe]

Evening radu!

Hunky-dory here, thank you! Enjoying some fine weather.

And I hope you are as well!

*HUGS*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina ~

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[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy ma!

*HUGS*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren, and thank you for today's Road Trip: Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

[radu]

Very good. Glad to hear it.

We’ve had fine weather too. Cool temps and sunny skies but I’d honestly like to see some clouds and rain for a couple of days. It’s way too dry here.

[laurenmarlowe]

I hear ya! We could use some too, maybe soon here.

I am also hoping to get your way in late October, keeping my fingers crossed that it works out!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

I hope your weekend prep has helped today!

[radu]

I’ve noticed you haven’t had much rain there lately. Y’all were drowning earlier in the year. Feast or famine.
We have nothing coming here the next 7 days. :=(

You heading for the coast later this month?

[OKITRUMP77]

Stationed there in 1971 after returning 4 tours in South East Asia. Love that place and enjoyed fishing at Lake Wateree for bream fish.

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Our Daily Bread

Tuesday,
October 4, 2022

Our Heart’s True Home

Read: Psalm 63

My whole being longs for you. Psalm 63:1

“Bobbie the Wonder Dog” was a collie mix separated from his family while they were on a summer vacation together more than 2,200 miles from home. The family searched everywhere for their beloved pet but returned heartbroken without him.

Six months later, toward the end of winter, a scraggly but determined Bobbie showed up at their door in Silverton, Oregon. Bobbie somehow made the long and dangerous trek, crossing rivers, desert, and snow-covered mountains to find his way home to those he loved.

Bobbie’s quest inspired books, movies, and a mural in his hometown. His devotion strikes a chord within, perhaps because God has placed an even deeper longing in our hearts. Ancient theologian Augustine described it this way: “You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” This same longing was desperately yet eloquently expressed by David in a prayer as he hid from his pursuers in Judah’s wilderness: “You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water” (Psalm 63:1).

David praised God because His “love is better than life” (v. 3). Nothing compares with knowing Him! Through Jesus, God has sought us out and made the way for us to come home to His perfect love—regardless of how distant we once were. As we turn to Him, we find our heart’s true home. — James Banks

What do you look forward to most about one day seeing Jesus? In what ways will you seek Him today?

Jesus, thank You for making the way for me to come to You through Your life, death on the cross, and resurrection. 

Bible in a year: Isaiah 20–22; Ephesians 6

[luvie]

Hi Lauren...and Night Owls!
Great road trip!
I'm kinda partial to the AF!

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Kinda partial to the Air Force? Gee, I can’t imagine why? :-)

[luvie]

Hey there, radu!

I can’t imagine why I’d be like that about the AF. LOL! 😬

[radu]

‘Tis a mystery. LOL

How’s it goin’ down your way?

Still crisp and cool here, though they said we’d warm up. We didn’t make it out of the 60s today.

[luvie]

It’s been really nice here. I keep the door open and it’s better than the AC. Fresher air. We are getting leaves falling, but as usual it’s one. at. a. time. The leaves on the trees are still as green as ever.

I’m glad y’all are enjoying nice temps, too. 60s sound great. I’m looking forward to the 70s later this week. LOL! Any rain in your near future?

[luvie]

WooHoo. A real road trip. Enjoy!

[radu]

Lucky you, getting to open the windows and doors. I can’t due to the air being so thick with dust. I hate stepping foot outside, it’s so bad. And there’s no rain in sight the next 7 days. *sigh*

Leaves on a few trees are beginning to turn but the majority are still green. Not for much longer though.

I hope you get those 70s later this week. That’s going to be wonderful after the hot summer you’ve had.