Major Scott Korell is the Chief of Command Post and KC-135R/T Instructor Pilot, 6th Air Mobility Wing, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. As Chief of Command Post, he leads more than 30 total force command post controllers and is responsible for the command and control of over 3,000 wing personnel, and base property and capital assets totaling more than $2.8 billion. The wing’s mission is to conduct rapid global mobility by providing worldwide aerial refueling support to Combatant Commanders and to provide installation support to Headquarters U.S Central Command, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command, and 36 other mission partners that call MacDill home. The MacDill Command Post executes more than 3,200 aircraft missions and 3,900 flight hours in support of 2,200 aerial refueling receivers each year.

Background: Major Korell has been an Executive Officer at the wing and group levels, and a squadron flight commander. Prior to his current assignment, he was a Wing Executive Officer and Evaluator Aircraft Commander in the C-5M Galaxy aircraft. In this capacity, he was the principal executive assistant to the Wing Commander, directly responsible for the wing’s fulfillment of all higher headquarter-directed tasks and the administrative support of 4,500 wing members. He obtained his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2004 and was a top-ten graduate within his respective field of study. In 2005, he completed Undergraduate Pilot training at Columbus AFB, Mississippi and his operational experience includes various Air Force mission sets to include, strategic and tactical airlift, aeromedical evacuation, and aerial refueling. Additionally, in 2008 Major Korell deployed to the Air Mobility Division, 609th Combined Air Operations Center. In garrison, he was responsible for the execution of more than 7,000 C-130 intra-theater airlift sorties, transporting 151,000 passengers and 12,500 tons of cargo in support
of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.