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
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
The United States Army Central, formerly the Third United States Army, commonly referred to as the Third Army and as ARCENT, is a military formation of the United States Army that saw service in World
Shaw Air Force Base
…maintainers from the 20 MXG to Bagram AB, Afghanistan. In its 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission Recommendations, DoD recommended to relocate the Third US Army Headquarters from Fort Gillem and Fort McPherson, Georgia, to Shaw AFB as a tenant unit on the base. This was a portion of a larger recommendation that…
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American flag over Festung Ehrenbreitstein after the occupation of Koblenz by the Third Army, 1945
Combat Service Identification Badge, United States Army Central
The castle above the Moselle in Cochem, Germany, was home to the IV Corps, Third Army, in 1919.