Major General L. Scott Rice 

The acting Commander of the Air Wing at Barnes

was very well received. 

Brigadier General L. Scott Rice is currently Assistant Adjutant General for the Massachusetts Air National Guard, and Wing Commander of the 104^th Fighter Wing.  Rice is an Eagle Scout, who earned an engineering degree from Rensalaer Polytechnic Institute and was a member of their AFROTC program.  After graduation he became a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force flying the F-111 Supersonic fighter.  He is a graduate of the Air Force Fighter Weapons School, which is the Air Force equivalent of the Navy ‘Top Gun’ school.  After leaving the active military he became a fighter pilot for the 104^th Fighter Wing, at Barnes Airport in Westfield. 

In his civilian life, he is a Captain for United Airlines, and has been a longtime Scoutmaster of Troop 210 in Southampton.  He lives in Southampton, MA with his wife Nancy, and has two grown children, a daughter Alex and a son Lee, who is an Eagle Scout.