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  • KC-46 pilot selection board calls for nominations

    Pilots interested in becoming KC-46 tanker pilots to fill positions in the Air Force’s first two operational KC-46 squadrons at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, have until Sept. 7, 2018, to submit their application packages. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Kat Bailey)

  • Mobility Exercise 2018

    Senior Airman Max Shumate, 375th Civil Engineer Squadron structural journeyman, uses a hand-held radio to get direction from his leadership during a base exercise, Aug. 1, 2018, at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Shumate was part of a group of 375th CES Airmen responsible for responding to several

  • Aeromedical waits to board

    A pilot speaks to 932nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron medical members as they make final arrangements to carry medical equipment up a C-130 ramp. They worked together with ground crew, preparing to fly with "simulated patients" during a training flight, July 21, 2018 at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

  • Scott Airman helps deployed wing save water

    In an effort to help the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing improve combat capability and mission readiness, the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron devised plans to both conserve and recycle on-base water. One of their initiatives was to install low-flow restrictors in the showers, which

  • Commentary: Building Coalitions

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill -- In Hawaiian the word “ohana” means “family.”  While that’s the literal translation, “ohana” also connotes a “way of life.”  I was born and raised in Hawaii along with two brothers and six sisters, and as you might expect, we had our fair share of fighting and bickering. 

  • Team action at 30,000 feet

    The 932nd Airlift Wing’s Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flew aboard a packed and busy medical practice training flight on July 22, 2018. They flew aboard a C-130 aircraft, provided by the 910th Airlift Wing. After taking off from Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, 1st Lt. Liz Erdman, 932nd AES flight

  • Scott AFB hosts static, free-fall jumps

    Joint force members from six bases performed static-line and free-fall jumps over the Scott Air Force Base drop zone July 18, 2018. The Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists execute this training to maintain their readiness. The 375th Operations Support Squadron created the drop zone