FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Scott Air Force Base, Illinois ~ 02 SEPT 2025

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Road Trip: Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

Scott Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville and O'Fallon, 17 miles east-southeast of downtown St. Louis. Scott Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entered World War I in April 1917.

It is headquarters of Air Mobility Command (AMC), and is also the headquarters of the U.S. Transportation Command, a Unified Combatant Command that coordinates transportation across all the services.

Air Mobility Command was activated June 1, 1992, with headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, and is one of 10 major Air Force commands. On Oct. 1, 2016, AMC consolidated with Military Air Command making AMC the oldest major command in the Air Force tracing its history to the establishment of the Air Corps Ferrying Command on May 29, 1941.

The 375th Air Mobility Wing (375 AMW) is a unit of the United States Air Force stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois and assigned to Eighteenth Air Force under Air Mobility Command (AMC).

The wing has four primary missions. It supports aeromedical evacuation within the United States. It provides operational support airlift for government officials. It offers direct security for U.S. community and nation. And it provides support for U.S. host units—making possible the command and control of the United States' entire military transportation effort.

The 375th Operations Group is comprised of four airlift squadrons, an air refueling squadron, an operations support squadron, an aeromedical evacuation squadron which extends over three operating locations, and a combat flight inspection Detachment.

It executes all three of Air Mobility Command's core capabilities (airlift, air refueling, and aeromedical evacuation) by providing operational support airlift with C-21A aircraft at three U.S. and one deployed location; DV special airlift missions via an association with Air Force Reserve Command's 932nd Airlift Wing; global air refueling support via an association with the Air National Guard's 126th Air Refueling Wing; and operates aeromedical evacuation systems on seven air mobility platforms for inter/intra-theater casualty movement.

Additionally, the group develops emerging technology procedures for integration into U.S. Air Force flight operations and conducts worldwide combat flight inspections on Federal Aviation Administration-owned aircraft.

Finally, the group has responsibility for C/NC-21A aircraft maintenance, operations support for deployment of combat-ready aircrews and aircraft worldwide, and all airfield operations and management, including air traffic control of the joint-use Scott AFB/Mid America Airport called home by three flying wings.

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[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, thanks for tonight's Road Trip, Lauren!

[radu]

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[luvie]

~ Road Trip: Scott Air Force Base, Illinois ~

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[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening PROCON!

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy radu!

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi there luvie!

*HUGS*

[luvie]

Hi, lauren! Hope you’ve been having a labor-free Labor Day Weekend! And cooler weather. Ours has been pretty nice here.

[laurenmarlowe]

Yes! It’s been quite relaxing and very pleasant weather.

Glad to hear yours is as well!

[radu]

Howdy, lauren. *HUGZ*

Have a nice weekend? Do anything special or just sit back and chill?

[PROCON]

Yom howdy radu!

I didn't do much at all yesterday, no visiting but I did visit son and the pups today while Robin was working, on Labor Day! 😬

She's an accountant for a fruit company and this is harvest season and very busy.

Speaking of harvest, what was planted on your land and when is harvest time?

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy radu!

Pretty chill, enjoyed it a lot. Hope you had a nice holiday too!

*HUGS*

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Hi Everybody!

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[Bonemaker]

Did a couple of weeks there during Yom Kippur War in fall 1973. Air Force intel.

[radu]

Hey there, PRO.

Sounds like your weekend was about like mine - - low-key.
Bummer Robin had to work today but when crops are ready for harvest, there’s no rest for those involved. Gotta get ‘em up and out. They don’t exactly wait around for it to be convenient.

I’m surrounded by cotton this year, which I abhor. It isn’t pretty, I’m allergic to the pollen which it spews all summer, and it leaves the fields trashy after harvest. He planted fairly late so it’ll be a while before he harvests. He hasn’t sprayed it yet to kill it and it takes a little while for it to die and dry out.
Some fields in the area are close to ready so harvest season will begin shortly, and it’ll go on for a while. Spring’s weather was screwy so planting went on for a while.

[radu]

It was a chill weekend here too. Had no plans so just stayed home.

[luvie]

Great Road Trip, lauren and NightOwls!
Just keep me away from Chicago.
We were once stationed at Rantoul AFB,
...when hubby was in tech school.
Beautiful countryside around there.

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

How’d the day go? A little cooler after last night’s rain?

I got rain this afternoon and that was the end of the plans to hop on Champ. *sigh* More rain coming through tomorrow.

[SkyDancer]

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[Dave Wright]

People don’t appreciate it, but the Air Mobility Command out of Scott was the group that planned and executed the air tanker support across the globe for the B-2s, F35s, and all the supplies and equipment used for the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities. The Combat Air Command handles the weapons, but the AMC makes their global reach possible.