Colonel Scott Mills will discuss Davis Monthan AFB’s Current Status and the Installation Changes through 2031. See below for the outline:355TH WING (355 WG) BRIEFING TO ROTARY CLUB
CURRENT STATUS
Air Task Force
A-10 Aircraft
10 x EA-37 aircraft
South Wilmont Gate
INSTALLATION CHANGES FROM 2025 THROUGH 2031
Air Base Wing and Deployable Combat Wing
88th Test and Evaluation Squadron & 34th Weapons Squadron
AFSOC beddown of 492nd Special Operations Wing
EIS for Regional Airspace
Biography: Colonel Scott C. Mills
Col. Scott Mills is the Commander of the 355th Wing, Davis-Monthan AirForce Base, Arizona. He is responsible for one of the largest installations and flying operations in the United States Air Force, with 34 mission partners, more than 46,000 personnel, 152 aircraft, and 51 billion dollars in assets. He is responsible for organizing, training, and equipping a wing comprised of 25squadrons. The wing provides A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft for close air support and forward air control, combat support, and medical forces for combatant commander requirements worldwide.
The 355th Wing also provides combat search and rescue personnel recovery capabilities through the employment of HC-130J Combat King IIs, HH-60G Pave Hawks, and Guardian Angel weapon systems. The wing has units at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. and Nellis AFB, Nev. The 355th Wing is also responsible for training A-10C pilots for the entire Total Force and is the Air Combat Command executive agent for Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces and Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty compliance.
Col. Mills previously served as Special Advisor to the Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs on the F-35 programs. He previously commanded the 66th Weapons School, where he produced both A-10 and Joint Terminal Attack Controller Weapons Officers. He has also served as a Political Military Strategist on the Joint Staff J-5, Deputy Directorate for Joint Strategic Plans, at the Pentagon, and graduated as a distinguished graduate from both the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies and Air Command Staff College.
Col. Mills received his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1999.He is a command pilot with more than 2,400 flying hours, including over 300combat hours. His operational assignments include service in the 354thFighter Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz; 25th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea; the 74th Fighter Squadron, Pope AFB, NC; and a tour as an instructor at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. He has flown combat missions in Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM, where he also served as a Battalion Air Liaison Officer.
