June 17, 2019 457th Airlift Squadron inactivates, celebrates history SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- As members both past and present watched the 457th Airlift Squadron’s guidon be rolled up and stored away at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland as part of an inactivation ceremony on June 14, they knew a proud and storied history went with it.“Getting to command a squadron as
March 27, 2019 C-21 community celebrates “Year of the Lear” The C-21 community here opened up Hangar 1 March 22 to display their upgraded avionics suite and to unveil its new tail flash design as part of a celebration dubbed “Year of the Lear.” “Thirty-five years of the Lear is just the beginning,” said Gen. Maryanne Miller, Air Mobility Command commander.
March 6, 2019 Scott AFB modernizes C-21 fleet with avionics upgrades SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Scott Air Force Base is celebrating 35 years of C-21 operations this year and highlighting this achievement is a major avionics upgrade to the fleet. One by one, Scott’s 10 C-21s are flying to Wichita, Kansas, to receive new avionics and communications suites that will
Feb. 12, 2019 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,
Jan. 31, 2019 C-21 community celebrates ‘Year of the Lear’ with consolidation, avionics upgrades After 35 years of C-21 operations, mobility Airmen are celebrating 2019 as “the Year of the Lear” with upgrades for the airframe and changes within the units that fly it.