Scott Air Force Base

Scott Air Force Base
Part of Air Mobility Command (AMC)
Located near: Belleville, Illinois
C-9 Nightingale, C-21A and C-12F Huron of Air Mobility Command
Coordinates	38°32′N 89°52′W / 38.533°N 89.867°W / 38.533; -89.867 (Scott AFB)
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1917
In use	1917–present
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Garrison information
Garrison	375th Airlift Wing

Airfield information
IATA: BLV ICAO: KBLV FAA LID: BLV
Summary
Airport type	Military
Elevation AMSL	459 ft / 140 m
Coordinates	38°32′N 89°52′W / 38.533°N 89.867°W / 38.533; -89.867Coordinates: 38°32′N 89°52′W / 38.533°N 89.867°W / 38.533; -89.867
Website	www.scott.af.mil
Map
KBLV Location of Scott Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14L/32R 10,000 3,048 Concrete 14R/32L 8,001 2,439 Asphalt/Concrete

Scott Air Force Base (IATA: BLV, ICAO: KBLV, FAA LID: BLV) is a United States Air Force base in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville and O'Fallon, 25 miles East 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 part of the 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.

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 base currently employs 13,000 people, 5,100 civilians with 5,500 active-duty Air Force, and an additional 2,400 Air National Guard and Reserve personnel. It was announced in June 2014 that two new cybersecurity squadrons will be added to the three currently on base.