• Road to Heritage Airpark

    Tuesday will be an historic day for Scott Air Force Base and the future of the Scott Field Heritage Airpark. That is the day scheduled for the first resident of the airpark, a C-141, to be towed into its final resting place, with others soon to follow. As the planes that will reside in the park get

  • Matchup wrap up

    The 2008 Air Mobility Command MatchUp games, which began May 31, ended Sunday. MatchUp is AMC's summertime program to introduce Airmen and their families to some of the benefits of base life. "Scott really tries to get people involved on base and MatchUp helped us do that as well as award prizes,"

  • DITCO-Scott receives patriotic employer award

    Clyde Jones from the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, recognized the Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization-Scott as a Patriotic Employer for contributing to national security and protecting liberty and freedom by supporting employee participation in

  • Remember why you're a patriot

    I stepped outside my home one recent August evening to catch some cool night air. The next thing I knew the melancholy notes of "Taps" filled the air. I had forgotten that at 10 p.m. every night at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., as in most military installations at nondeployed locations, the lone

  • AFRC eclipses recruiting goal for 8th straight year

    For the eighth consecutive year, the Air Force Reserve met and eclipsed its annual recruiting goal. Reserve Recruiters across the country and around the world tallied the 8,000 mark at 12:38 p.m. EDT, Aug. 28. The recruiting cycle coincides with the Department of Defense fiscal year, which runs from