SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Team Scott will see a name change today as the 375th Airlift Wing officially becomes the 375th Air Mobility Wing as a result of the Air Force's most recent Total Force Integration effort.
The TFI effort here called for the creation of an associate unit consisting of active duty KC-135 pilots, boom operators and maintainers who will work side-by-side with the Illinois Air National Guard's 126th Air Refueling Wing, also located here.
The 375th Operations Group will now have administrative responsibilities for 135 aircrew members and maintainers under the 906th Aerial Refueling Squadron, which is expected to be fully staffed and operational by the fall of 2011. The 906th ARS is a new unit designator to Scott AFB that is moving from Grand Forks AFB, N.D. The Guard's 126th ARW will maintain the operational direction and control of mission execution responsibility for these Airmen.
Scott AFB is one of six locations in Air Mobility Command and one of 10 throughout the Air Force where TFI efforts are unfolding. It is important for AMC to establish and maintain these active associations, they ensure AMCs ability to make the most of efficiencies by optimizing the use of a wing's fleet of aircraft, while also increasing efficiency. The synergies created by these associations reduce duplication of effort and ultimately provide a positive impact to the warfighter.
Scott is home to another active association involving the C-40C aircraft assigned to the AF Reserve Command's 932nd Airlift Wing, activated in February 2007.
A joint ceremony commemorating the name change and creation of this active association with the ANG will be held at a date to be determined.