Shaw is home of Ninth Air Force and the 20th Fighter Wing, which flies F-16s.
Shaw Field also served as a prisoner-of-war camp. The first group of German POWs arrived in 1945. Eventually, 175 of them were housed near Shaw Field's main entrance. The departed in the early months of 1946.
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By: kjfitz