March 29, 2017 Scott AFB begins sample radon testing Scott Air Force Base and Hunt Housing is beginning a four-to-six month sample radon testing effort in the privatized housing areas and throughout the installation as a way to update its environmental oversight in this area. The EPA has previously determined that radon is present in this geological
March 29, 2017 635th Supply Chain Operations Wing hosts first logistics readiness summit The 635th Supply Chain Operations Wing hosted the Air Force’s first Total Force Logistics Readiness Squadron commander’s summit at Scott Air Force Base March 21-22. It brought 218 LRS commanders, civilian directors and senior leaders together to discuss getting “back-to-the-basics” to improve
March 22, 2017 Who is your female role model or someone who has impacted your life in a positive way?
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