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  • Scott AFB honored for its long partnership with local community

    Scott Air Force Base has been a shining beacon of the metro-east for 100 years.And the O’Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce has recognized the base’s profound contributions to the community, selecting Scott for the Spirit of the Chamber Award. The Chamber will present SAFB the award at the 41st annual Salute to Business Awards on April 19 at the
  • Francoise and Walter Calvin have volunteered on Scott Air Force base since 1974. The two volunteer every Thursday at the Satellite Pharmacy, and Francoise just recently reached the milestone for 55 years of volunteering for the Red Cross. She has worked as a nurse’s and staff aid and currently does her volunteer work in prepackaging at the pharmacy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Chad Gorecki)

    Calvin achieves 55 years of volunteer service

    Francoise Calvin, a volunteer at the Satellite Pharmacy at Scott, achieved the milestone of 55 years of volunteer service for the Red Cross this year.Calvin started her volunteer efforts in 1962 as a nurse’s aid when her husband, retired Air Force Master Sgt. Walter Calvin, was stationed in the Philippines and she has volunteered at every base

  • Distracted driving can have consequences

    With ever increasing demands on people’s personal and professional time in today’s busy society, learning to juggle multiple tasks at once is something everyone faces daily. As a result, a new traffic safety epidemic has emerged on America’s roadways that demands immediate attention: distracted driving.In 2014, 3,179 people were killed, and 431,000

  • Mobility Airmen help build global partnerships

    Delivering humanitarian aid, transporting coalition forces to various points on the globe, refueling the fight and providing first-class care in the sky are hallmarks of Air Mobility Command’s rapid global mobility mission. Yet mission success is not possible without a reliable network of partnerships built with allied nations.Building and
  • Tech. Sgt. Emily Irwin-Green, St. Louis Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Rediness Skills emergency and trauma nursing instructor, discusses the uses of various medical euipment during a C-STARS course in St. Louis Missiouri, March 20, 2017. Irwin-Green said her favorite part of the job is seeing the confidence in her students grow while providing them the skills needed to potentially save the lives of her brothers and sisters-in-arms. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Garcia)

    Scott Airman provides deploying medics critical skills needed to save lives

    The last thing patients being rushed to an emergency room or trauma center want to worry about is if their nurse or medic has been properly trained.But patients don’t need to worry about that with Tech. Sgt. Emily Irwin-Green on the job. She’s an emergency and trauma nursing instructor assigned to the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness
  • Staff Sgt. Roger Linder, 375th Operational Support Squadron airfield systems supervisor, aligns a tactical air navigation monitor. Doing this ensures the TACAN transponder is transmitting the correct azimuth, identification and distance to aircraft within 200 nautical miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Daniel Garcia.

    375th OSS ATCALS flight ensures aircraft safety for landings, takeoffs

    Scott Air Force Base relies heavily on the Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems flight of the 375th Operations Support Squadron to maintain all airfield systems to ensure the safe take-off and landing of incoming and outgoing aircraft. Originally an asset of the Communications Squadron, the ATCALS flight was reassigned to the OSS in 2014 due to
  • Retired Chief Master Sgt. Pamela Dorsey serves now as the Scott AFB Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, and is one of those women who has seen more doors open for women in the military. She said remembers the day she was an Airman and began to believe that one of those open doors was for her.

    Scott women overcome obstacles, appreciate female pathfinders

    To be a woman in today’s military is to embrace every opportunity military service offers. That wasn’t the case during the early years when women were only allowed to hold certain positions. But, now, women can join all combat fields without exception. Many women serving in the Armed Forces today have overcome extraordinary obstacles and appreciate

  • 618th Air Operations Center enables Operation Atlantic Resolve mission

    Rain drops pelt the nose of a C-5M Galaxy airlifter as its loading ramp descends, revealing a cavernous cargo hold packed with enough Army air power to level a tank column.Three AH-64 Apache attack helicopters from the 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment at Fort Bliss, Texas, roll out of the C-5 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in support of
  • Airman First Class Bryn Franicevich, 618th Air Operations Center global mobility weather apprentice, monitors and compiles climatological data from five operational weather squadrons in support of the 618th AOC mission of commanding and controlling global air mobility operations. The 618th AOC/weather directorate has approximately 40 personnel that are dedicated to making this mission a success. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Garcia)

    618th AOC/XOW helps enable rapid global mobility

    As one of the eight directorates in the 618th Air Operations Center, the Global Weather Operations Directorate, or XOW, at Scott helps enable the Air Operations Center to plan, task, execute and assess global air mobility operations, provide tailored weather information to help shape mission plans, mitigate unfavorable weather conditions and

  • TRICARE online and secure messaging: Making it easier for people to contact their medical treatment facility

    Have you ever wanted to see all primary care appointments available and self-book the one that works best for you?Have you ever wished you could send a non-urgent message to your primary care manager team 24/7 and get an immediate response within one business day? Personnel who are enrolled to the 375th Medical Group at Scott AFB are able to do
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