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  • Lieutenant Gen. Norman Seip, 12th Air Force commander, presents coins to Senior Airman Christine Mirgon and Tech. Sgt. Chad Stoulil May 8 at the Base Operations building. General Seip took time out of his schedule following the annual Air Combat Command commander's conference here to offer his thanks to the 55th Operations Support Squadron, Airlift Validation Flight for their outstanding support. "The members of this flight are my hidden heroes," said Lt. Col. Mohan Krishna, 55th Operations Support Squadron director of operations. "They get senior leaders where they need to be, long time and within the rules. We really appreciated Lieutenant General Seip taking time from his busy schedule to personally thank these hard working Airmen." (Courtesy Photo)

    Great Job!

  • Air Force Week in the Heartland set for August

    A once-in-a-lifetime chance to see the immense resources of the U.S. Air Force up-close and personal is planned this summer, said Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman Monday. During a press conference here, Governor Heineman and Gen. John D.W. Corley, commander of Air Combat Command, formally identified Omaha as one of only three locations to host Air Force
  • Offutt recently hosted Junior PDF 2008 where children of Team Offutt members had the opportunity to become “Offutt warriors” through mock deployment. Children learned what it was like for their parents to deploy and about the different aspects of deployed living conditions. (U.S. Air Force Photo By/Josh Plueger)

    Military dependents get a taste of deployment

  • From left, Staff Sgt. David Loffeld and Senior Airmen Brian Schmidt, Anthony Liss and Kenneth Jarvis have earned their induction into the black letter flight club with the Cobra Ball 61-2663. A black letter flight is one with zero discrepancies on required forms before take-off. (U.S. Air Force Photo By/Tech Sgt. Jonathan Jenkins)

    Maintenance crew earns perfect black letter flight

    Milestones are very important events for a project or in a person's life. The same can be said for aircraft. Very few have reached the 50,000 flying hour milestone. Even fewer have reached the black letter flight milestone. A black letter flight by definition is a flight with "zero discrepancies" on required forms processed before take-off. Prior
  • Front Row (left to right) Laura Van Epps, Colin Sorensen, Wayne Banks, Tonni Blount and Matthew Armistead. Back Row (left to right) Matthew Bashus, Lisa Zilli, Tony Zilli, 55th Wing Commander Brig. Gen. James Jones, Congressman Lee Terry, Dr. John Deegan, Bellevue Superintendent of Schools Edward Hanline, Erica McCoy, LauRen Gaines and Joseph Wier. (Courtesy Photo)

    Area youth earn Congressional Award honors

    It was standing room only at the Bellevue Public Schools welcome center April 29 as Congressman Lee Terry, BPS Superintendent Dr. John Deegan and 55th Wing Commander Brig. Gen. Jim Jones paid tribute to a handful of young people who are establishing themselves as leaders and making a difference in people's lives. Through the Congressional Award

  • Commander’s ACTION LINE

    The 55th Wing Commander's Action Line is an avenue for action when traditional methods have failed to address your problems, concerns or suggestions. To reach the Action Line, call 294-5666 or send an email to actionlin@offutt.af.mil. Or write to: 55th WG/CC, 205 Looking Glass Ave., Ste. 121, Offutt AFB, NE 68113-3130 (ATTN: Action Line). Please
  • Lt. Col. Robert Maness, 55th Wing vice commander, judges displays entered into the Sexual Assault and Response Office's shoe decorating contest. Members of Team Offutt decorated shoes to help raise awareness for child abuse and sexual assault. Colonel Maness judged entries in both single and team categories. The shoe decorating contest was held in conjunction with a “Can you walk in her shoes” event and a 5K run at the Offutt Field House on April 18. April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month. (U.S. Air Force Photo By/Tech. Sgt. Rhonda Moraski)

    Walk in her shoes

  • 55th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog handler Staff Sgt. William Thomas III directs "Joker" to inspect the rear truck of a vehicle during a random installation vehicle inspection. The military working dog section is another important aspect of security forces’ protection of people and resources here. (U.S. Air Force Photo By/Tech. Sgt. A.J. Bosker)

    Working dogs

  • Mickinze and Dustin Hynek decorate their shapes during arts and crafts at Offutt's Family Fair. Families came out to enjoy pony rides, hands-on craft activities, bouncy castles and more at this year's fair held in the Youth Programs building. (U.S. Air Force Photo By/Bobby Baker)

    Family fun time

  • Mike Wollery, a maintenance and equipment staff member from the 55th Civil Engineer Squadron, removes broken concrete from a pot hole near the corner of SAC Boulevard and Peacekeeper Drive here May 6. The Civil Engineer Squadron is working hard to repair the roads on Offutt after a brutal winter. (U.S. Air Force Photo By/Josh Plueger)

    Concrete Repair

  • Why wear safety belts?

    To understand the value of safety belt use, it's important to understand some of the dynamics of a crash. Every motor vehicle crash is actually comprised of three collisions. The Car's Collision The first collision is known as the car's collision, which causes the car to buckle and bend as it hits something and comes to an abrupt stop. This occurs

  • Not wearing a seatbelt? You’re breaking the law and risking your life

    As with the rest of Nebraska, it's illegal to drive or ride in a motor vehicle on any Air Force base without wearing your seatbelts. In addition to it "being the law," the National Safety Belt Coalition emphasizes how important seatbelt use is in limiting injury or death during accidents. Just read the article (below, to the right, to the left,

  • COMACC to visit Offutt

    General John D.W. Corley will host his annual Air Combat Command Commander's Conference here this week for more than 100 senior leaders. In addition to his position as ACC commander, General Corley is the Air Component commander for U.S. Joint Forces Command. As the commander, he is responsible for organizing, training, equipping and maintaining
  • Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander of United States Strategic Command, unveiled the new USSTRATCOM shield inlaid at the command building’s entrance April 24. The general compared the new shield to the existing Strategic Air Command patch on the floor here, saying, “When people walk into the Strategic Command building I wan them to appreciate our heritage, but I also want then to honor and understand the importance of the mission set we have now, which is tremendously larger than it was in the day of SAC.” He was joined at the ceremony by the USSTRATCOM vice commander, Vice Adm. Carl Mauney, and the command’s senior enlisted leader, Fleet Master Chief William Nissen along with the eight USSTRATCOM Joint Funcional Component commanders or their representatives. Pictured are (l to r): Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Horne, deputy commander, JFCC-Space; Maj. Gen. James Whitmore, deputy commander, JFCC-Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; Lt. Gen. Robert Elder, commander, JFCC-Global Strike and Integration; Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, commander, JFCC-Network Warfare; Vice Admiral Mauney; General Chilton; Master Chief Nissen; Lt. Gen. Charles Croom, commander, Joint Task Force Global Network Operations; Lt. Gen. Kevin Campbell, commander, JFCC-Integrated Missile Defense; Maj. Gen. Craig Koziol, commander, Joint Information Operations Warfare Command and Rear Adm. William Loeffler, deputy director, U.S. Strategic Command Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction. (U.S. Air Force Photo By/ Daniel Rohan)

    USSTRATCOM commander unveils new shield, mission, vision for command

    Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, met with his Joint Functional Component commanders here April 23 and 24 and included the group in the unveiling of a new shield inlaid on the command building's floor. The shield joins a patch of the former Strategic Air Command in welcoming visitors to the command's headquarters. In

  • Offutt squadrons to merge forces

    When it comes to people programs, community support and quality of life, there will soon be one organization on base that will handle it all - the force support squadron. The 55th Services Squadron and the 55th Mission Support Squadron merged Wednesday and became the 55th Force Support Squadron. The new organization is the result of an ongoing Air

  • Congratulations Team Offutt CCAF graduates

    Congratulations to the members of Team Offutt who received Community College of the Air Force associate degrees in a ceremony at the Patriot Club April 25. The Team Offutt CCAF Spring graduates are: Aerospace Ground Equipment Technology Tech. Sgt. Timothy J. Beardsley Tech. Sgt. Charles R. Houk Air & Space Operations Technology Tech. Sgt. Ian C.

  • 55 Wing names 1st quarter winners

    Airman Senior Airman Jenny Dix, 55th Medical Support Squadron Non-commissioned officer Tech. Sgt. Jason Rigdon, 55th Communications Squadron Senior NCO Master Sgt. Daryl Friedlund, 488th Intelligence Squadron Company grade officer 1st Lt. Karen Mock, 55th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Volunteer Airman 1st Class Walter Campos, 55th CS Honor Guard

  • New AF Weather Headquarters gets green light

    The finishing touches are being put on the Air Force Weather Agency's headquarters at Offutt. The $27 million building is Air Combat Command's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified project, meaning it meets "green" standards Part of the program requirements from the Air Force was that the new 188,000-square-foot building be
  • Members of Team Offutt volunteered to help clean up the Henry Doorly Zoo April 26. To sign up for the May 1 clean up date, visit http://www.omahazoo.com/offutt/. Volunteers will receive a confirmation e-mail prior to the cleanup date. (U.S. Air Force Photo By/Josh Plueger)

    Offutt's annual spring clean up at the Henry Doorly Zoo

  • (From left to right) 55th Wing Command Chief Master Sgt. Kenneth Funderburg, Deputy Base Civil Engineer Mark Jacobsen, 55th Wing Commander Brig. Gen. James Jones and 55th Mission Support Group Commander Col. Michael Stinson participate in the annual Arbor Day Tree Planting April 25th here. Offutt has been named Tree City USA for the last 20 years by the Arbor Day Foundation. (U.S. Air Force Photo By/Jeff Gates)

    Arbor Day tree planting

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