Scott Airmen return after ORI

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- 357th Air Mobility Wing leadership gather for the arrival of their personnel returning from the Volk Field Combat Readiness and Training Center, Wis. March 27, 2010. The 375th AMW is being graded by the Air Mobility Command inspector general to ensure they are able to respond to a global threat and deploy combat ready Airmen at a moment's notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Teresa M. Jennings)

Scott Airmen return after ORI

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Members of the 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron unload pallets from a C-17A Globemaster III returning from the Volk Field Combat Readiness and Training Center, Wis., March 27, 2010. The 375th AMW was being graded by the Air Mobility Command Inspector General to ensure they are able to respond to a global threat and deploy combat ready Airmen at a moment's notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Teresa M. Jennings)

Scott Airmen return after ORI

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Members of the 375th Air Mobility Wing unload their cargo from a KC-135 Stratotanker returning from an Operational Readiness Inspection at the Volk Field Combat Readiness and Training Center, Wis., March 28, 2010. The 375th AMW was being graded by the Air Mobility Command Inspector General to ensure they can respond to a global threat and deploy combat ready Airmen at a moment's notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Teresa M. Jennings)

Scott Airmen return home after ORI

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Leadership from the 375th Air Mobility Wing greet wing personnel returning from the Volk Field Combat Readiness and Training Center, Wis., March 27, 2010 as part of an Operational Readiness Inspection. The 375th AMW was being graded by the Air Mobility Command Inspector General to ensure they are able to respond to a global threat and deploy combat ready Airmen at a moment's notice. Results will be released April 2. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Teresa M. Jennings)

Scott Airmen return home after ORI

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- 375th Air Mobility Wing leadership greet wing personnel returning from the Volk Field Combat Readiness and Training Center, Wis. March 27, 2010 as part of an operational readiness inspection. The 375th AMW is being graded by the Air Mobility Command inspector general to ensure they are able to respond to a global threat and deploy combat ready Airmen at a moment's notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Teresa M. Jennings)

375th Airmen complete ORI

Published April 1, 2010
By Senior Airman Andrew Davis
375th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- More than 250 Airmen from the 375th Air Mobility Wing returned from Volk Field Combat Readiness and Training Center, Wis., Saturday and Sunday after completing the Operational Readiness Inspection.

The Airmen from the 375th AMW partnered with the Minnesota Air National Guard's (ANG) 133rd Airlift Wing (AW), the Puerto Rico ANG's 156th AW and the 94th Aerial Port Squadron from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., for the week-long inspection that ended Sunday.

Working in conjunction with each another proved fruitful with units banding together to form one air expeditionary wing.

"It was great to see the teamwork by everyone in the (deployed) wing to accomplish the mission," said Lt. Col. Dirk Porath, 375th Operations Group deputy commander. "Everyone worked really hard. It was great to see it all come together."

During the inspection, the Air Mobility Command Inspector General team evaluated the wing's initial deployment response, mission support, employment of forces and the ability to survive and operate in a wartime scenario.

Col. Greg Haase, 133rd AW commander, said, "as a team we have practiced for over a year. We have mastered and perfected these skills and showed the IG what we could do.
"We have used this inspection to do great things and we have done them with pride and professionalism that we, as Airmen, are trained to do."

Wings are graded using a five-tier rating system that enables the IG to assess the readiness of the force. Those scores are: outstanding, excellent, satisfactory, marginal, and unsatisfactory. The results of the inspection will be announced Friday at 11 a.m. in Hangar 1.