Shaw Air Force Base
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Shaw Air Force Base (Shaw AFB) (IATA: SSC, ICAO: KSSC, FAA LID: SSC) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located approximately 8.4 miles (13.5 km) 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.
A General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon of the 77th Fighter Squadron, part of the 20th Fighter Wing based at Shaw AFB
United States Third Army Headquarters, Patton Hall
20th Fighter Group P-51D Mustangs parked at Shaw Field, November 1946. Serials identified are 45-11665, 45-11689, and 44-84855. Note the postwar "buzz number" on the fuselage along with the AAF Wartime fuselage marking and checkered wartime paint at the cowling and tail.
161st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron Lockheed RF-80A-5-LO Shooting Star, 45-8310, Shaw AFB, 1950
Sumter, South Carolina
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Sumter is a city in and the county seat of Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. The city makes up the Sumter, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sumter County, along with Clarendon and Lee counties, form the core of Sumter–Lee–Clarendon tri-county area of South Carolina that includes three counties straddling the border of the Sandhills, Pee Dee, and Lowcountry regions. The population was 43,463 at the 2020 census, making it the 9th-most populous city in the state.
Downtown Sumter