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  • Cougar den

    The 458th Airlift Squadron hosts 7 C-21 aircraft inside a hangar at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois on Feb. 9, 2019. A $38 million avionics upgrade for the fleet is underway and a consolidation effort is moving four aircraft from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, to join Scott’s 10 C-21s by late summer,

  • Scott launches its first Mission Defense Team

    Scott’s first Mission Defense Team was launched Oct. 16 when a group of Airmen from the 375th Communications Support Squadron searched for ways to better protect the 458th Airlift Squadron C-21s from potential cyber vulnerabilities during a flight.MDT’s were first introduced in 2014 as part of the