The 20th Medical Group provides ambulatory, medical and dental services to the 20th Fighter Wing, Headquarters 9th Air Force and associate units. It is an outpatient clinic with 24-hour ambulance transport service. Direct outpatient care is provided for pediatrics to geriatric clients in an ambulatory setting. Patients represent all eligible beneficiaries: active duty and their family members, retirees and their family members and secretary designees.
Shaw AFB has no emergency services. For on-base emergencies call 911 for an ambulance. The ambulance service transports patients directly to the Emergency Department at Tuomey Medical Center Emergency Room.
The dental clinic at Shaw has the capability to treat all dental conditions except orthodontics. Active-duty military family members enrolled in the Tricare Family Member Dental Plan are not eligible for exam, cleaning or filling appointments at the clinic. However, all family members and retirees are eligible on a space-available basis for emergency dental treatment and all dental treatment not covered under the TFMDP.
