Aug. 20, 2008 60 years of integration In the summer of 1942, Scott Field's first units manned by black personnel, the 46th Aviation Squadron (separated) and the 934th Quartermaster Platoon Transportation Air Base, arrived. Racial incidents occurred after their arrival; however, purportedly commanders were able to help defuse tensions by
Aug. 20, 2008 Deplopyed Scott Airmen help 'overhaul' cadillacs The portable restrooms in many parts of a deployed base, commonly referred to as 'cadillacs,' are scheduled to receive an overhaul in the near future. The wing commander's goal is to have three new, concrete facilities and five of the cadillacs in most need of repair refurbished by Dec. 25,
Aug. 20, 2008 Disa-Scott's Adopt a School program Southwestern Illinois College is the third school to sign an Education Partnership Agreement with the Defense Information Systems Agency at Scott. SWIC, with a student population of around 16,000, is the largest school signed under the AAS program, and joins Belleville-East and Shiloh Middle School.
Aug. 19, 2008 Fire prevention tip of the month: Burns Fire prevention tip of the month: Burns Burns are perhaps the most painful insult the human body can suffer, and they are surely among the hardest injuries to treat. More than two million Americans suffer from burns each year. Of these, 75,000 people are hospitalized and 12,000 die. Half of them are