Shaw Air Force Base will be the home of a new MQ-9 Reaper Group of remotely piloted aircraft, commonly known as drones.

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE -- U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 50th Attack Squadron and Air National Guardsmen from the 163rd Attack Wing conducted a historic first on Feb. 14, MQ-9 Reaper lands at Shaw ...

Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter is in the running for a wing of remotely piloted attack aircraft, commonly called drones. The new unit could carry 1,000 or more jobs.