FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina ~ 02 APR 2013

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew

[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina

Shaw Air Force Base is the home of the United States Air Force 20th Fighter Wing (20 FW). It is also home to Headquarters, Ninth Air Force (9 AF) and Headquarters, United States Central Command Air Forces (USCENTAF). The mission of the 20 FW is to provide, project, and sustain combat-ready air forces. It is the Air Force's largest combat F-16 wing.

Today's 20th Fighter Wing can trace its lineage to 28 July 1947, when the 20th Fighter Wing, began at Shaw Field, South Carolina, as a Ninth Air Force unit. Components of the new fighter wing included the 20th Maintenance and Supply Group, the 20th Airdrome Group, and the 20th Station Medical Group (later Tactical Hospital).

 The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a compact, multi-role fighter aircraft. It is highly maneuverable and has proven itself in air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack. It provides a relatively low-cost, high-performance weapon system for the United States and allied nations.

The Fighting Falcon is a dogfighter with numerous innovations including a frameless, bubble canopy for better visibility, side-mounted control stick to ease control while under high g-forces, and reclined seat to reduce the effect of g-forces on the pilot.

It was also the first fighter aircraft deliberately built to sustain 9-g turns. It has a thrust-to-weight ratio greater than one, providing enough power to climb and accelerate vertically – if necessary.

Read More About Shaw Air Force Base And The History Of The 20th Fighter Wing HERE!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

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We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless you good, Mac. Good night and rest well. Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present.
Thank you for your service to our country.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Thank you. Many of of vets don't need to hear that, but we like to.

What I though was the most odd thing at the time was it cost me more on a payphone to try and call a friend at the University Of South Carolina from Shaw AFB than it did from calling the SC Lowcountry from upstate NY.

[Kathy in Alaska]

TAPS

RIP

SFC James F Grissom, USA
4th Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)

Amazing Grace

[SkyDancer]

Your quite welcome - and then, who knows re: uncle - he ran into a nurse he knew back then in Branson, MO during a Vietnam Veteran’s welcome home parade.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Cool tie!

[laplata]

That’s a neat story.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Weird telephone issues....farther was cheaper. Hmmm..

[Kathy in Alaska]

TAPS

RIP

SGT Michael C Cable, USA
Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

Amazing Grace

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Luv...Piper lost her first tooth! WOW...growing up.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Last Post

RIP

LCpl Jamie Webb, British Army
1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire)

Flowers of the Forest – click

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, HGC, for sharing your stories.

Your plane christened the new concrete. d:o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[beachn4fun]

What time is it?

It's Howdy Doody time....no...no...that's not right...

...it's

Road Trip Time!

Good morning, Everyone.

Good morning to our

A W E S O M E

military, our allies, and their families

Thank you, Lauren, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.

Usually SC is warmer than we are
however I think this year they are still cold too.
Where is spring?????
And the crazy part? It's suppose to be near 70 by the weekend.

DC Metroland Weather

~ Today...Sunny. High 52F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph.

~ Tonight... Mostly clear. Low 31F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.

Was not ready for the alarm this morning.
Had a restless night.
Now I have a foggy brain and still not caught up on work.

For now, I'm going to make my rounds, catch up on pings
and the latest news from the crooks on the Hill.

Please stay.

Grab a cup of joe or tasty tea.

The FR Canteen is ALWAYS

O P E N

Come on in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
pancakes,
conversation,
silliness,
and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM ~ DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

BECKER, JAMES CHRISTOF
8/15/1970
KIA - body not recovered
LAOS

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above Honoring those who have served before.

[beachn4fun]

dang

almost missed this one

[beachn4fun]

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almost missed this one

[beachn4fun]

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almost missed this one