June 23, 2010 Team Scott can register during Armed Forces Voter Week Armed Forces Voter week is June 28 - July 7 and there will be two voter registration booths set up--one in the Base Exchange and one at the Commissary from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day. The booths provide an opportunity for Scott Air Force Base personnel to register for 2010 elections. Since military
June 23, 2010 Sergeant Gray named Honor Guard Program Manager of the Year Master Sgt. David Gray, Scott Air Force Base Honor Guard superintendent, was named Air Mobility Command's 2009 Honor Guard Program Manager of the Year.During 2009 Sergeant Gray orchestrated 2,000 Honor Guard missions and directed Honor Guard teams spanning 110,000 square miles and six states. He led
June 23, 2010 Click It or Ticket: 28 people caught not wearing seatbelt Within the last month, the 375th Air Mobility Wing's Ground Safety Office and 375th Security Forces Squadron issued 28 seat belt violations during two "Click it or Ticket" checks. On May 27, 18 people were found without their seatbelts during a two hour period, and on June 11, 10 violations were
June 22, 2010 Guardsmen keep planes flying When a C-130 that landed in Salerno, Afghanistan, suffered damage due to small rocks in the gravel, it was brought to Bagram Airfield June 17 for repairs."A light was cracked, a propeller was chipped and there was damage to the main landing gear, the fuselage and some of the structure," said Senior
June 22, 2010 Loadmaster travels the globe, delivers supplies "Been there, done that."It's Staff Sgt. Kevin Alexander's mantra.As a loadmaster from the 6th Airlift Squadron from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Sergeant Alexander travels approximately 200 days out the the year."You name a location, and I have probably been there or point to anything
June 22, 2010 Bagram controllers make it happen When people land at Bagram Airfield, many don't anticipate how busy the flightline will be. Just last month, there were more than 18,000 flights in and out of Bagram Airfield.As one of the busiest single runways in the world, a mission is flown every two minutes.Shelby Streunk, Midwest Air Traffic
June 22, 2010 Scott sergeant provides comfort for wounded warriors Sundays around Germany are normally quiet and reserved as a day for rest, except for the hum of a C-17 Globemaster III and the conversations between aeromedical evacuation personnel heard on the flightline of Ramstein Air Base. Those are the sounds of lives being saved.Three times a week, 40 to 50
June 18, 2010 457th Airlift Squadron transports national leaders to worldwide destinations For those at Scott Air Force Base, the 457th Airlift Squadron may sound like it isn't a part of the 375th Air Mobility Wing. In reality, the 457th AS is a geographically separated unit of the 375th AMW located at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Though they are a small squadron, they have a big
June 17, 2010 Scott agencies join to test new airframe It was a team effort June 8 and 9 to gather more than 20 Airmen from across Scott Air Force Base on the Scott flightline to continue production qualification testing on one of the Air Force's newest airframes: the C-27J Spartan.The C-27J was originally an Army development program until April 2009
June 17, 2010 Bioenvironmental Flight trains for sharp response Three Airmen approach a rail car cautiously, decked out in blue suits and brandishing chemical detection gear to identify the spill collecting around the tracks. They collect their samples quickly and efficiently and then move a safe distance away to decontaminate their equipment and suits before