Col. Nichole K.A. Scott is the Commander of Detachment 9, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. She is responsible for synchronizing installation and mission support capabilities, to include oversight, guidance, training, and resources, in support of 70,000 personnel in 17 wings under Headquarters Air Mobility Command. Additionally, she manages personnel readiness, mission support manpower, financial services and resources, installation engineering, physical security, and base communications plant maintenance for the support of more than $24 billion in facilities and infrastructure at 23 continental U.S. and overseas en route locations in support of AMC and Air Force transportations strategic airlift missions.
Colonel Scott entered the Air Force in July 1998 as a graduate of the Reserve Officers Training Corps program at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She is a career Civil Engineering officer with multiple deployments in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. She has held multiple staff and base level assignments. She also served as a Political Affairs Strategist at the U.S. Pacific Command. She was a deployed squadron commander of the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. Her second squadron command was the 375th Civil Engineer Squadron at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
She is a licensed engineer in the state of Georgia. Prior to her current assignment, Colonel Scott was the Commander of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Detachment 880 at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia.
EDUCATION
1998 Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Ill.
2004 Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Ga.
2005 Squadron Officer School (Residence), Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2008 Air Command and Staff College (Correspondence)
2012 Master of Arts, Security Studies, Naval Postgraduate School, Calif.
2012 Air War College (Correspondence)
2020 Master of Science, National Resource Strategy, Eisenhower School, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1998 – January 2000, Project Programmer, 72nd Civil Engineer Group, Tinker AFB, Okla.
2. February 2000 – April 2001, Chief, Conservation Resources, 51st Civil Engineer Squadron, Osan AB, Republic of Korea
3. May 2001 – August 2003, Project Programmer; Chief, Resources Flight, 31st Civil Engineer Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy
4. September 2003 – July 2004, Graduate Student, Georgia Institute of Technology, Ga.
5. August 2004 – February 2007, Project Engineer, 823d RED HORSE Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
6. February 2007 – June 2010, Beddown Program Manager; Executive Officer; Command Asset Optimization Manager, Directorate of Installations and Mission Support, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
7. June 2010 – December 2011, Flight Commander, Operations Flight, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif.
8. December 2011 – March 2013, Intermediate Development Education, Naval Postgraduate School, Calif.
9. March 2013 – June 2013, Joint Professional Military Education II, Joint Forces Staff College, Va.
10. Jun 2016 – June 2017, Commander, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait
11. July 2017 – July 2019, Commander, 375th Civil Engineer Squadron, Scott AFB, Ill.
12. July 2019 – June 2020, Senior Development Education, Dwight D. Eisenhower School of National Security and Resource Strategy
13. July 2020 – June 2022, Commander, 316th Mission Support Group, Joint Base Andrews, Md.
14. July 2022 – June 2025, Commander, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Detachment 880, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va.
15. June 2025 – Present, Commander, Detachment 9, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Scott AFB, Ill.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2013 – May 2016, Division Chief, Strategic Partnerships, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal, five oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal, one oak leaf cluster Air Force Achievement Medal, three oak leaf clusters
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 15, 1998
First Lieutenant June 15, 2000
Captain June 15, 2002
Major April 1, 2007
Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 1, 2013
Colonel Oct. 1, 2019
(Current as of June 2025)