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Blind ambition

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill.-- Mrs. Fortner demostrates her specialized keyboard with Braille lettering and tabs to assist her in finding phone numbers requested by callers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

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Blind ambition

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill.-- Lead phone operator Essie Fortner is a seven year veteran of the Scott switchboard. In that time, she has committed the enitre phone directory to memeory to keep servicemembers at Scott connected to the world and the world to Scott. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

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Blind ambition

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill.-- Phone operator Jessica Griffin uses the T-Metrix computer system to assist a caller during a shift last week. Each Scott operator can field up to 80 calls per hour. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

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Business as usual

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Senior Airman Michael Watson, 375th Medical Group Biomedical Equipment technician, works on cleaning out and repairing a dental delivery unit inside the Scott Dental Clinic. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

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Business as usual

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Airman 1st Class Tyler Hackbarth, (right) 375th Civil Engineer Fire Emergency Services Flight lead firefighter, operates the controls to raise the light tower above the number 3 fire engine as Senior Airman Nathaniel Andrews (left), 375th Civil Engineer Fire Emergency Services Flight driver operator, assists outside of station one.(U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

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Business as usual

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Airman 1st Class Brittany Herrera, 375th Operations Support Squadron airfield operations coordinator, inputs data into the computer December 22, 2008, inside the base operations building. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

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Business as usual

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Staff Sgt. Christy Nelson 375th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, checks the identification card of a driver coming on base through the Belleville gate (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

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Business as usual

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Mrs. Margo Gobin, Army and Air Force Exchange Services sales associate, checks on stock levels and product prices during the week of Christmas rush inside the Base Exchange. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

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Business as usual

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Airman Christian Hudson, 375th Services Squadron food service apprentice, stirs a pot of chili between meals inside the Nightingale Inn Dining Facility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

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Business as usual

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Staff Sgt. Christopher Tanner, 15th Operational Weather Squadron senior duty officer, watches the weather radars on his computer monitors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

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Spill clean-up

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Two firefighters practice hazardous spill containment procedures on a train tank car during a base-wide exercise Friday. Tech. Sgt. Richard Buelow and Airman 1st Class Joshua Pavegilo are both from the 375th Civil Engineer Squadron fire emergency services flight. The base is preparing for an operation readiness inspection in the Spring of 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley Farnsworth)

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Help from Above:More than a slogan on a patch

The 375th Airlift Wing patch. (Courtesy photo)

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Help from Above:More than a slogan on a patch

Tech. Sgt. David Denton (center), 375th Aeromedical Evacuation squadron senior flight medic, poses in front of their HH-60 Pavehawk with fellow medics, Tech. Sgt. David Thackery (left) and Staff Sgt. Nicholas Falcon, both from the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (Courtesy photo)

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Help from Above:More than a slogan on a patch

Tech. Sgt. David Denton, 375th Aeromedical Evacuation squadron senior flight medic, and his team fly over the Afghanistan countryside in their HH-60 Pavehawk. Sergeant Denton was assigned to the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, which is part of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne. (Courtesy photo)

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Help from Above:More than a slogan on a patch

Tech. Sgt. David Denton, 375th Aeromedical Evacuation squadron senior flight medic, prepares for take-off while serving in Afghanistan last year. (Courtesy photo)

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Chicago high school hosts navy admiral as principal for a day

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Vice Adm. Ann E. Rondeau, Deputy Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, conducts an interview with prospective U.S. Naval Academy and Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps candidate cadet Alexis Contreras. Rondeau reviewed Contreras’ academic transcripts and a resume for the top cadet in Chicago’s Corps of Cadets. Chicago has the largest JROTC of cadets in the nation, at approximately 10,000 and Contreras is the No. 1 cadet. (U.S. Navy photo/Lt. Jeffrey S. Gray)

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CES FTX

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- (US Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Lovelady)

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CES FTX

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- (US Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Lovelady)

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CES FTX

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- (US Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Davis)

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KEEPING HALLOWEEN SAFE

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Col. Melissa Applegate, 375th Mission Support Group commander, expresses her gratitude to the volunteers who will be patrolling base housing during the Halloween trick-or-treating hours. Trick or treat hours will be Friday from 6-8 p.m. (US Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Lovelady)

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