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Always combat ready: Scott’s WWII readiness training

ACR 11 – Radio school students conduct their morning hike in full chemical protective gear. (Broadcaster, 1943)

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Always combat ready: Scott’s WWII readiness training

Customers and employees both wear gas masks during some exercises at the Scott Post Exchange. (Broadcaster, 1943)

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Always combat ready: Scott’s WWII readiness training

A local training course teaching troops to operate radio equipment under combat conditions. (Broadcaster, 1943)

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Always combat ready: Scott’s WWII readiness training

The “Commandos” of Scott’s 370th Tech School Squadron train in river crossings and camouflage fieldcraft. (Broadcaster, 1943)

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Always combat ready: Scott’s WWII readiness training

Scott radio school students train on decontaminating chemical agents. (Broadcaster, 1943)

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Always combat ready: Scott’s WWII readiness training

Airmen undergo chemical warfare training at Scott. (Personal collection of Sgt Norman Clemmer, donated by Mary Clemmer Brady)

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Always combat ready: Scott’s WWII readiness training

U.S. Army Air Forces Private Archibald Smith, a “Scottsmen,” run one of the base obstacle courses during WWII. Pvt. Smith served in the Army during the Mexican Expedition and the Navy during World War I before joining the US Army Air Forces during WWII. (Personal collection of Sgt. Norman Clemmer, donated by Mary Clemmer Brady)

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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. make remarks before presenting the Operation Homefront Military Child of the Year Award to Air Force recipient Louis Geer during a ceremony in Arlington, Va., April 13, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

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1950s

Nearly 147,000 Reservists were mobilized to augment the active duty during the Korean War in the 1950s.

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1960s

President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the 512th Troop Carrier Wing deployed to Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, after the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

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1970s

In 1973, Air Force Reserve C-141 and C-9 associate aircrews, medical, aeromedical, casualty assistance, legal, chaplain and intelligence personnel supported Operation Homecoming -- the return of American POWs from North Vietnam.

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1980s

In 1983, Air Force Reserve airlift associate units assisted in the evacuation of more than 700 American and foreign citizens from Grenada during civil unrest there. Maintenance, aerial port and medical Reservists augmented active forces.

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2000s

Air Force Reservists from a variety of career fields responded to the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. on Sept. 11, 2001. Here, Reservists from the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron conduct a mission.

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1990s

In 1994, Air Force Reserve airlift and air refueling aircrews participated in Operation Support Home, the humanitarian relief mission to aid Rwandan refugees.

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2010s

The 2010s brought some new missions to the Air Force Reserve as the command ushered in the first F-35 fighters at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

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2020s

Reserve Citizen Airmen take a break during a shift at Queens Hospital Center in New York in May 2020. Doctors, nurses and medical technicians from throughout Air Force Reserve Command deployed to the city to help with patient overloads resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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U.S. Airmen from the 375th Air Mobility Wing pose for a photo in Hangar 1 on March 16, 2023, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. The team was a part of a Major Accident Response Exercise hosted on the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Madeline Baisey)

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U.S. Air Force firefighters from the 375th Air Mobility Wing carry a simulated patient off the flightline on March 16, 2023, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. The team was a part of a Major Accident Response Exercise hosted on the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Madeline Baisey)

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A U.S. Air Force airmen from the 375th Air Mobility Wing writes on a DD form 1380 on March 16, 2023, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.The airman was a part of a Major Accident Response Exercise hosted on the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Madeline Baisey)

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A U.S. Air Force firefighter from the 375th Air Mobility Wing walks onto the Scott Air Force Base flightline, March 16, 2023 on Scott AFB, Illinois. The firefighter is holding litter in order to lift simulated patients out of the area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Madeline Baisey)

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