Usaaf Central Technical Training Command - Scott Air Force Base, Dane County Regional Airport, Chanute Air Force Base (Paperback)

Chapters: Scott Air Force Base, Dane County Regional Airport, Chanute Air Force Base, Sioux Falls Regional Airport, New Orleans Lakefront Airport, Bloyer Field, Central Technical Training Command. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Scott Air Force Base (IATA: BLV, ICAO: KBLV, FAA LID: BLV) is a base of the United States Air Force in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville (part of the St. Louis metropolitan area). The base is named after Corporal Frank S. Scott, the first enlisted person to be killed in an aviation crash. The base is operated by the 375th Air Mobility Wing (375 AMW) and is also home to the Air Force Reserve Command's 932d Airlift Wing (932 AW) and the Illinois Air National Guard's 126th Air Refueling Wing (126 ARW), the latter two units being operationally gained by AMC. The residential part of the base is a census-designated place; the population was 2,707 at the 2000 census. Its airfield is also used by civilian aircraft, with civilian operations at the base referring to the facility as MidAmerica St. Louis Airport. MidAmerica has operated as a Joint Use Airport since beginning operations in November 1997 and has not been served by any commercial airlines since Allegiant Air pulled out of the airport on January 3, 2009. Scott Air Force Base is located at (38.544298, -89.850544). According to the United States Census Bureau, the base has a total area of 9.7 km (3.7 sq mi), all land. A McDonnell Douglas Di9/i9A Nightingale aircraft leading a formation that includes a Learjet i21A (left) and a i12F Huron (right) over the ramps and runways of Scott AFB, 1993.As of the census of 2000, there were 2,707 people, 682 households, and 662 families residing on the base. The population density was 721 inhabitants per square mile (27...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=392395