Talk:Scott Air Force Base

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Scott Air Force Base article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Military history: Aviation / North America / United States / World War I / World War II / Cold War

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	Military aviation task force
	North American military history task force
	United States military history task force
	World War I task force
	World War II task force
	Cold War task force (c. 1945 – c. 1989)

Illinois Low‑importance

	Illinois portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Illinois, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Illinois on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.IllinoisWikipedia:WikiProject IllinoisTemplate:WikiProject IllinoisWikiProject Illinois articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

St. Louis Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject St. Louis (Transportation), a project to build and improve articles related to St. Louis and the surrounding metropolitan area. We invite you to join the project and contribute to the discussion.St. LouisWikipedia:WikiProject St. LouisTemplate:WikiProject St. LouisSt. Louis articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Pritzker Military Library High‑importance

	This article is related to the Pritzker Military Museum & Library WikiProject. Please copy assessments of the article from the most major WikiProject template to this one as needed.Pritzker Military LibraryWikipedia:GLAM/PritzkerTemplate:WikiProject Pritzker-GLAMPritzker Military Library-related articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the importance scale.

BRAC[edit]

In order for this templete to be displayed on this page we need to have some information pertaining to BRAC and this facility. Because their is no information on the page, I am moving the templete here until the information can be uploaded. For more information, click here. TomStar81 03:38, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Merge?[edit]

Should this article be merged with MidAmerica St. Louis Airport? The infoboxes are identical, and the FAA refers to them both as BLV. I'm not sure which name should be used, but Scott AFB came first and makes up most of the flights from the facility. CFB Bagotville as an example of a dual use airport article. --Dual Freq 18:48, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See also:Scott Air Force Base/MidAmerica Airport --Dual Freq 20:52, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

An example of the potentially merged article is User:Dual Freq/BLV. --Dual Freq 22:45, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd make the infobox header Scott Air Force Base / MidAmerica St. Louis Airport instead of the other way around, and Military/Public or Military/Civilian instead of the other way around as Scott does far more of the traffic on the flightline than MA does. Otherwise, it seems pretty good at first glance. — pd_THOR ^{| =/\=} | 23:18, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No objections have been posted here or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Airports#Request for opinions on a Merger. If there are any objections, please make them soon, I plan to implement merger sometime this week unless there are any objections. See planned merger article: User:Dual Freq/BLV. --Dual Freq 20:33, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merged. --Dual Freq 03:36, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although no comments were posed, this was contested at the article level with reverted changes. Just for the record, no consensus (see article history) --Lineagegeek (talk) 18:17, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW[edit]

I came across researching for Frank S. Scott, but this article could hold some useful info for this article: http://www.bnd.com/news/spiers/story/234417.html — pd_THOR ^{| =/\=} | 20:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Primary Source[edit]

The "History of Scott AFB" which is the most cited source for the article is now a dead link,--Lineagegeek (talk) 18:17, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The link was http://public.scott.amc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=260, and is indeed a dead link. The current version is now http://www.scott.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=260, however, it has been rewritten, and some of the information in the older version is no longer present in the new. The article on the base's namesake, Frank S. Scott contains a wayback link to what is probably the version used, http://web.archive.org/web/20070815044833/http://public.scott.amc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=260. Generic1139 (talk) 15:34, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]