Oct. 4, 2024 AFGSC activates provisional 95th Wing at Offutt AFB In its full operational state, the new wing’s focus will provide combatant commanders with assured command and control (C2) over assigned forces through global command, control, and communication (C3) capabilities.
April 25, 2022 ACC Commander greenlights Sword Athena pilot Child Development Center app Over the last seven weeks, volunteers from across ACC crowd sourced more than 100 concerns from fellow Airmen, consolidated those concerns among six mission area working groups, and held a five-day topic development workshop to prepare their proposals.
Nov. 9, 2021 Keesler AFB introduces space weather training in support of Space Force The graduates of the course will take weather forecasts beyond the atmosphere by understanding the weather effects on terrestrial systems in support of multi-domain operations.
Sept. 12, 2021 55th Communications Squadron redesignated as cyber squadron The redesignation indicates the squadron will add a new Mission Defense Team to its overall capabilities while continuing to maintain their legacy mission.
Feb. 11, 2020 300 rated officers to join total force aviation recruiting team Air Force Recruiting Service’s Detachment 1 held their first two-day training course for the team Feb. 2-3 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.
Feb. 9, 2020 Rescue dogs help heal wounded warriors The Office of the Warrior Advocate is a first-of-its-kind organization that was founded by two wounded warriors that saw a need. It is in that same spirit of seeing needs and answering the call that service dogs are becoming part of Offutt’s landscape and cultural norms.
Nov. 7, 2019 Goldfein outlines risks of budget uncertainties Funding for the entire U.S. government expires Nov. 22 at 12:01 a.m. unless Congress acts. While progress on forging a budget agreement has been slow, congressional aides say there is movement toward approving a short-term spending plan that keeps the government running into December.
June 28, 2019 Team Offutt restores lighthouse in the sky The TACAN system was only two years old when the transponder cabinet in which it is housed was damaged by flood waters March. While the outer shell remained intact, the inside components were heavily impaired.
April 29, 2019 100th space sharing agreement signed, Romania Space Agency joins U.S. Strategic Command reached a milestone with the signing of its 100th space situational awareness agreement when the Romanian Space Agency signed an agreement with USSTRATCOM April 25. These agreements foster openness, predictability of space operations and transparency in space activities.
March 18, 2019 Offutt AFB battling flood waters Like large portions of Nebraska, Offutt Air Force Base personnel are battling flood waters which started to creep onto the installation March 15.
Feb. 8, 2019 557th WW joins 55th WG for exercise Winter Havoc The 557th Weather Wing joined the 55th Wing, Offutt Air Force Base’s host wing, for the Operational Readiness Exercise Winter Havoc, Jan. 29.
Jan. 19, 2019 Gen. LeMay's lead operational bombing planner dies at 101, family makes unique donation The family of Col. John Watters Sr. donated his extensive collection of military books to Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
Aug. 26, 2014 Officials expand space-tracking website Defense Department officials announced additions to its space situational awareness program’s Space-Track.org website.
July 30, 2014 Airmen get inside look at military judicial system Students attending orientation training through the Offutt Air Force Base First Term Airmen's Center now actively participate in mock court-martials to raise awareness about sexual assault in the military.
July 1, 2014 Offutt AFB supports tornado victims More than 40 individuals from Offutt Air Force Base recently assisted with clean-up and recovery efforts following a simultaneous strike of two tornadoes on June 16, in northeastern communities of Pilger and Wakefield, Nebraska.
Jan. 31, 2014 Offutt AFB Airman heading to Hollywood A vocalist in the Air Force Heartland of America Band received three yeses from the judges when she tried out for American Idol Oct. 14 at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, earning her a ticket to Hollywood Week.