Staff Sergeant Dallas R. Pauls, 31, killed in motorcycle crash on U.S. Highway 378 outside Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina

An airman based at Shaw Air Force Base has been killed in a motorcycle crash outside the base. Shaw Air Force Base says a Team Shaw Airman died Wednesday morning in a motorcycle crash on U.S. Highway 378 near the Sumter gate. The victim's name has not been released yet. The crash occurred at about 7:14 a.m.

The Airman who died in a wreck on his motorcycle outside the gates of Shaw Air Force Base has been identified. Shaw Air Force Base says 31-year-old Staff Sergeant Dallas R. Pauls died Wednesday morning in a motorcycle crash on U.S. Highway 378 near the Sumter gate. He will be greatly missed by the men and women of the 609th Air Communications Squadron and the USAFCENT A6 Directorate." Through his dedication and service to others, he personified what it means to be an Airman. Pauls, who joined the Air Force in 2006 and assigned to Shaw in Sumter in 2015, was a radio frequency transmission system supervisor with the 6089th Air Communications Squadron. “Staff Sergeant Dallas Pauls was a charismatic and amazingly talented NCO," said Col.