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  • Holiday Greetings from the Hornitschek Family

    One of the real joys of the Holiday Season is the opportunity to say thank you and wish you the very best for the New Year. We wish to extend our sincerest thanks for the friendship and support we've received this year and to express our admiration for the incredible work you do to enable combat

  • AMC/CC signs order prohibiting use of Spice

    On Nov. 2 Gen. Raymond Johns, Jr., commander of Air Mobility Command, signed a general order prohibiting the use of intoxicating substances, including Spice.The order bans AMC members (including those assigned to tenant units, active duty on temporary duty on an AMC base, Air Force Reserve on an AMC

  • Organizations turn ASF into ‘home-like atmosphere’

    Your plane lands after multiple flights and long hours. The door of the C-17 Globemaster opens and the cold air hits your face. It's the middle of winter in Southern Illinois and several men and women in uniforms escort you to a bus that will take you to your room. When the bus comes to a stop you

  • Athlete from Scott joins other servicemembers to win in Europe

    Many people have heard the term "military brat" to describe someone whose parent or parents served in the military. By that definition, a 375th Contracting Squadron officer could be considered a basketball brat because both of his parents play basketball. Second Lt. Andrew Henke, 375th CONS

  • MLK Jr. luncheon to celebrate march on Washington

    In one of the greatest demonstrations for freedom, more than 200,000 people packed the Washington, D.C.'s National Mall on a hot August day in 1968 to show their support for comprehensive and effective civil rights legislation.To celebrate that moment in time when Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered

  • Civil Air Patrol collects toys for kids in Belleville

    When a request came in for assistance to collect stuffed toys for children attending the annual Santa Parade in Belleville, Ill., the Civil Air Patrol's Scott Composite Squadron flew into action. For the past four years, Stell Family and Friends, a private, nonprofit family program, has collected

  • Operation Cookie Drop

    To a lot of people, the holidays mean more time to spend with family, but for Airmen living in the dorms, spending time with family isn't always an option. To help make the holiday season a little brighter, the Officers' Spouses' Club has been teaming up with local communities and squadron first