Rumors on the 457th moving back to Scott AFB?

[Jmoo22]

I'm looking to see if anyone has heard or has any information on the Air Force possibly moving the 457th AS (C-21s @ Andrews AFB) back to Scott AFB. I had heard something about FY'19 but can't really confirm it beyond rumor status.

Thanks in advance!

[FUSEPLUG]

Yup, just what the brain trust at AMC needs. More white jets to let them spread their “all is well” message to the masses. 

Sorry, I have no useful information for you. Just been burning pay periods at the unit, so I’m balls-deep in the stupidity. 

[Goblin]

The rumor floating around is that all the C-21s are heading to Scott, the C-40s are leaving Scott and going to Andrews and the C-37s at MacDill are closing and moving 1 each jet to Hickam, Ramstein, and Andrews.

Caveat: very loose rumor with very little background/data to support.

[Herkasaurus]

On 3/13/2018 at 8:48 PM, Goblin said:

The rumor floating around is that all the C-21s are heading to Scott, the C-40s are leaving Scott and going to Andrews and the C-37s at MacDill are closing and moving 1 each jet to Hickam, Ramstein, and Andrews.

Caveat: very loose rumor with very little background/data to support.

Per an 18AF buddy of mine. Macdill loses its Gulfstreams to Ramstein & Hickam. Ramstein & Hickam lose their C-40s to Andrews. The C-40s at Scott belong to AFRC and don’t go anywhere. 

FY19 is supposed to be the completion date, but this hasn’t been signed off by HASC/SASC (one of them) yet. 

[BroncoEN]

OSA consolidation is in the NDAA FY19, once it’s signed by the President, the pieces will move fast. Expecting the signature sometime this fall, with consolidation in the Spring-ish timeframe (if Congress keeps it in the NDAA). 

[Goblin]

OSA consolidation is in the NDAA FY19, once it’s signed by the President, the pieces will move fast. Expecting the signature sometime this fall, with consolidation in the Spring-ish timeframe (if Congress keeps it in the NDAA). 

Is this just a cost saving measure?

[BroncoEN]

4 hours ago, Goblin said:

 

Is this just a cost saving measure?

 

From what I understand, yes. Consolidated contract maintenance for the Gulfstreams and 737s is a big money-saver. Not sure what the C-21s use..