Waynesville-St Robert Regional Airport proving itself to be a vital asset

(Fort Leonard Wood)–As the military services develop plans to safely move service members to their first units of assignment, or other training stations across the nation, Fort Leonard Wood’s airport–Waynesville-St. Robert Regional Airport at Forney Field–is proving itself to be a vital asset in the mission to train America’s Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Airmen. Soldiers who have graduated from basic combat training, advanced individual training, and one station unit training have been moved by air to other Army installations. Both the Navy and Air Force have also used the airport in recent weeks to fly in Sailors and Airmen for the technical training they receive here. When 13 Sailors from Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois, arrived earlier this month aboard a Navy Air Logistics Office flight, it was because Navy leaders concluded that due to COVID-19 health risks, it would be safer for their Sailors to avoid large international airports and instead fly directly into Fort Leonard Wood’s regional airport.
The Sailors were flown to Fort Wood aboard a Boeing 737, which is capable of seating up to 220 passengers.