March 15, 2017 Company Grade Officers sponsor leadership, mentoring conference The Scott Company Grade Officers Council hosted its 5th Annual Leadership Conference Feb. 27-28 at the Scott Event Center with the theme of “Leadership through Adversity.““The theme of ‘Leadership Through Adversity’ was chosen because it’s a topic that we could develop answers that young officers
March 15, 2017 Belle-Scott Committee hosts 67th annual enlisted dinner The Belle-Scott Committee, one of the nation’s oldest civic support groups to a military installation, celebrated its 67th annual Enlisted Dinner March 9 in honor of Scott Air Force Base's enlisted corps.The evening began with a receiving line where civilian Belle-Scott Committee members and senior
March 8, 2017 Scott hosts first-ever jump into new drop zone March 1 designated a first-ever milestone for the base when eight members from both Scott and Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas jumped from an Air National Guard C-130H into Scott’s flightline drop zone. While there have been live jumps at Scott before, this is the first into the recently
March 1, 2017 Scott Legal Office: The best in AMC! The 375th Air Mobility Wing Legal Office has earned recognition as the 2016 Air Mobility Command Legal Office of the Year award. The award is a year-long evaluation process that gauges every facet of legal operations, from military justice to legal assistance for Airmen, family members and retirees.
March 1, 2017 Scott hosts prayer breakfast Scott hosted a National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 24 with the theme of “Faith worked 100 years ago and faith works now.” The guest speaker for the event was Maj. Gen. Dondi Costin, Headquarters U.S. Air Force chief of chaplains. During the event Costin said, “Faith worked 3,000 years ago, the same
March 1, 2017 635th SCOW hosting summit for LRS commanders across the AF 375th Air Mobility Wing Public AffairsThe 635th Supply Chain Operations Wing is hosting a summit for Logistics Readiness Squadron commanders March 21-22 at the Scott Air Force Base Event Center.The summit, which is open to all LRS commanders and their civilian equivalents, active duty, and Guard and
March 1, 2017 AMC achieves electronic flight bags milestone By Candy Knight Air Mobility Command recently achieved a milestone with its electronic flight bag initiative.“All AMC wings are now approved to use electronic flight bags,” said Richard Quidgeon, the AMC electronic flight bag requirements manager.EFBs are portable electronic devices that consolidate nearly 120
Feb. 22, 2017 Introducing cyber to Upward Bound East St. Louis high school students East St. Louis Center high school students visited the Air Force Network Integration Center building Feb. 16 to learn more about cyber defense. The purpose of the event was to show the Upward Bound students what things the cyber teams do in an effort to spark interest in the students to have a
Feb. 22, 2017 375th AES plays vital support role for Air Force The 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron’s mission is to provide Theater Aeromedical Evacuation System capabilities to support group, wing, numbered Air Force, major commands and Air Force missions.The 375th AES was given an opportunity to receive a C-130H aircraft to function as a ground AE
Feb. 22, 2017 Airlift Squadrons provide safe, reliable air transportation to nation’s senior leaders When members of the Presidential Cabinet and Congress, foreign heads of state, and other dignitaries executing global missions vital to U.S. national security need to travel, members from the 54th Airlift Squadron and 73rd AS step up to provide them with safe, reliable transportation.“Our primary