Scott AFB Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entered World War I in April 1917.
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16 Facts About Scott AFB
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The layout of Scott Field was typical of aviation fields built during World War I Construction began in June 1917.
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Scott AFB had died after an unexpected engine failure had brought down the aircraft that Lieutenant Lewis Rockwell had been giving him an orientation flight in at College Park, Maryland, on September 28,1912.
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Scott AFB Field began as an aviation-training field for World War I pilots in August 1917 when the 11th and 21st Aero Squadrons from Kelly Field, Texas, arrived.
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Likewise, Scott AFB Field hosted sporting events with their community neighbors.
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Scott AFB's remaining units were organized into a Flying School Detachment, and the field itself was designated as a storage site for demobilized equipment.
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Scott AFB was transformed into a lighter-than-air station in 1921, with the transfer of the Army Balloon and Airship School from Brooks Field, Texas.
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Scott AFB's hangar was second in size only to the naval station hangar in Lakehurst, New Jersey, the largest one in the world at the time.
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Scott AFB Field grew from 628 acres in 1938 to 1,882 acres in 1939.
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The Air Corps had planned for Scott AFB to become a major air terminal due to its centralized location in the United States.
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US Air Force became a separate service on 18 September 1947, and on 13 January 1948, Scott AFB Field was re-designated as Scott AFB Air Force Base and the 3310th Technical Training Wing assumed host responsibility from the 3505th Army Air Forces Base Unit.
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Scott AFB's purpose was to effect greater utilization of the assets assigned to all services.
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At Scott AFB, ATC absorbed the functions of its previous three subordinate headquarters—Flying, Technical, and Indoctrination Divisions.
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Scott AFB served as one of six locations in Air Mobility Command and one of 10 throughout the Air Force where TFI efforts unfolded.
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Units marked GSU are Geographically Separate Units, which although based at Scott AFB, are subordinate to a parent unit based at another location.
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