24 Nov 2018

This Month in Scott AFB History: 24 November 1923-U.S. Air Service Airship TA-1 Maiden Flight at Scott Field

On 24 November 1923, the new U.S. Army Air Service training airship, TA-1, made its maiden flight at Scott Field.

17 Sep 2018

17 September 1935 – The Maiden Flight of the Final and Most Modern Army Airship was Conducted at Scott Field

Before the final demise of U.S. Army Air Corps lighter-than-air (LTA) operations, the LTA Airmen of Scott Field had the distinction of assembling the largest non-rigid airship ever constructed in the United States.