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An Illustrated History of Scott Air Force Base, 1917–1987. Scott AFB, Ill: Military Airlift Command, Historical Office, U.S. Air Force, 1987. OCLC 17277677; Scott Air Force Base. Baton Rouge, La: Army and Navy Pub. Co, 1950. OCLC 28481277; Scott Air Force Base. [S.l.]: Book On Demand Ltd, 2012. ISBN 5-511-31215-0 OCLC 855242959; Warner ...
Scott Field Historic District began as a World War I era air base built in 1917 near O'Fallon, Illinois, and was expanded and rebuilt before World War II. [2] The district contains primarily that portion of the base built prior to 1941, and is now contained within the renamed, expanded, and operational Scott Air Force Base .
The unit provides first-class, worldwide, safe, and reliable airlift for distinguished visitors and their staffs. The wing maintains aircraft for special assignment missions. In addition, the 932nd equips, trains and organizes a ready force of citizen airmen to support and maintain all facets of air base operations involving infrastructure and ...
PASS-A-GRILLE — The stench of dead fish pierced nostrils, but Jim LeBlanc stood with his tote bag, ready to do his duty. He does it nearly every night at sunset and has for more than eight years.
On September 15, 2003, the area was expanded to include an area bounded by Pass-a-Grille Way, 1st Avenue, Gulf Way, Sunset Way, and 32nd Avenue. The new area contained contains 354 more historic buildings. The Gulf Beaches Historical Museum is a museum of local history that is located in the district in the former Pass-a-Grille Community Church.
One of the military’s top-ranking women retired Friday during a ceremony at Scott Air Force Base in the metro east. Jacqueline Van Ovost, commander of the U.S. Transportation Command and one of ...
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By 1901, George Henri Lizotte, a French travel agent, opened the first Pass-a-Grille hotel, the Bonhomie. [4] The first schoolhouse in Pass-a-Grille was built in 1914, for $1,000, and opened its doors to students in the winter of 1915. [3] The Don CeSar hotel opened on the north side of Pass-a-Grille in 1928, spurring more development. [5]