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New TRANSCOM leader
4:56 pm
Fri October 14, 2011

New leader at Scott Air Force Base as Gen. William Fraser takes command

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Credit (Rachel Lippmann/St. Louis Public Radio
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (L) shakes the hand of Gen. William Fraser (C) after Fraser assumed command of United States Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base on Friday. Retiring Gen. Duncan McNabb is behind Fraser.
Credit (Rachel Lippmann/St. Louis Public Radio)
The components of the United States Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) salute their new commander at Scott Air Force Base on Friday.
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The general who led the logistics arm of the United States military through the troop surge in Afghanistan, earthquakes in Haiti and Japan and combat operations in Libya has relinquished command.

Gen. Duncan McNabb will retire in November after 37 years in the Air Force. At a Scott Air Force Base ceremony today, he handed the reins of the United States Transportation Command to Gen. William M. Fraser. Defense secretary Leon Panetta and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Martin Dempsey, were among the dignitaries in attendance.

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Scott Air Force Base
12:26 pm
Thu September 1, 2011

Probe of illnesses in Scott AFB mail center closed

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The Belleville Gate entrance to Scott Air Force Base.
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The source of an irritant that sent three mail center workers at a southwestern Illinois air base to the hospital may forever be a mystery.

A Scott Air Force Base spokesman says authorities were unable to pinpoint what caused Wednesday's illnesses and a brief evacuation of that portion of the installation. The spokesman says the investigation is now closed.

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Suspicious parcel at air base
3:10 pm
Wed August 31, 2011

Suspicious package sends 3 Scott Air Force Base workers to hospitals

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The Belleville Gate entrance to Scott Air Force Base.
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Updated at 3:11 pm: According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the three people taken to the hospital were an airman and two civilian base employees. Col. Michael Hornitschek told the Post that the package had been isolated and the FBI had been called into investigate as part of standard procedure.

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