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Friday, May 10, 2013  Pilots from the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort are conducting takeoff and landing exercises that could disturb residents near the installation.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  The Air Force's 437th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston is getting another new C-17 Globemaster transport plane.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  About two dozen pilots and F-16 Fighting Falcon jets from the 77th Fighter Squadron are back home at Shaw Air Force Base after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Police say three school-issued laptops are missing from Camden High School.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  Law enforcement officers from North and South Carolina are scheduled to be in Spartanburg this week for training on K9 techniques.

Saturday, December 22, 2012  Christmas came early for hundreds of families on Saturday.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012  The South Carolina National Guard is making sure as many of its 11,000 members as possible are employed full-time in the civilian world.

Monday, October 08, 2012  After months of online voting, a former military dog from the Midlands has won the 2012 Hero Dog Award.

Monday, September 17, 2012  A military police company from South Carolina is home from Afghanistan.

Monday, September 03, 2012  South Carolina Army National Guard soldiers are toting rifles and teaching soil conservation while wearing combat gear in Afghanistan.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012  Some 300 members of South Carolina's Air National Guard have returned home after a four-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.

Monday, August 06, 2012  Each sortie U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael “Midnight” Rose flies over Afghanistan he adds to the Air Force’s rich history and his family’s. As an F-16 pilot based at McEntire AFB and currently assigned to the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in Afghanistan, he is the third member of his family to fly in combat for the Air Force.

Sunday, July 08, 2012  Members of the South Carolina Army National Guard 132nd MPC are headed to Kosovo.

Sunday, June 17, 2012  While they’re half a world away, members of the South Carolina Air National Guard deployed in Afghanistan are wishing their dads a happy Father’s Day.

Friday, June 08, 2012  About 100 members of the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing are on their way to Afghanistan.