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Offutt to honor SAC Airmen at special service Sunday
Members of Team Offutt are invited to a memorial service at 3 p.m. Sunday at the SAC Memorial Chapel celebrating the service and honoring the sacrifice of all Airmen who served in Strategic Air Command during the tense and turbulent Cold War.The memorial service began 50 years ago as part of a two-initiative by the commander of Strategic Air
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3/13
2008
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Offutt follows in military tradition footsteps during enlisted dining out
Formal military dinners are a tradition in all branches of the United States Armed services. In the Air Force, it is the dining-in. The Air Force dining-in custom probably began in the 1930s with General H. "Hap" Arnold's "wing dings." The close bonds enjoyed by Air Corps officers and their British colleagues of the Royal Air Force during World War
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3/12
2008
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"Women's Art: Women's Vision" -- celebrating women
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." Ratified in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was the core focus of the women's rights movement in the late 1800s and early 1900s. According to the National Women's History Project, as
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3/12
2008
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SECAF: Dominance in cyberspace is not optional
The Air Force's senior leader's message was clear - dominance in cyberspace is not optional and he made that case to attendees May 23 at the inaugural 55th Wing Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Symposium in Omaha. "Our own nation's neural network resides in cyberspace," Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne said. "Our military
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5/30
2007
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Former Offutt Airman uses CPR to save life
Within weeks of his arrival at Ellsworth Air Force Base from Offutt AFB, Senior Airman David Perry, an Air Force Financial Services Center instructor, made a name for himself. While shopping at a local grocery store on the evening of April 23, Airman Perry watched as a man walking in front of him let out a gasp for air and fell to the floor. "My
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5/21
2007
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Doing something amazing
Nearly 50 members of Team Offutt departed Tuesday for Southwest Asia as part of a deployment in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. The Airmen ranged in rank from senior master sergeant to airman first class and encompassed a variety of assignments, from public affairs to fuels specialist. About 700 members of Team Offutt are
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5/21
2007
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Mother Nature puts damper on 'Defenders of Freedom'
Offutt's 2007 Defenders of Freedom Open House and Air Show 'took off' May 4 for the annual special needs air show - an opportunity for more than 300 special needs and Make-A-Wish children to be VIPs for a day. From the reactions of these "VIPs" the many civilian and military aerobatic performances and flybys thrilled the crowd. "Friday's show
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5/21
2007
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Air Force Weather Agency volunteer represents Air Force
Air Force Personnel Center officials recently announced a member of the Air Force Weather Agency here as the Air Force nominee for the 2007 U.S. Armed Forces Spirit of Hope Award. Master Sgt. Lou Pell, NCOIC of the Agency's training branch, was selected as the Air Force representative to compete with nominees from the four other services for this
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5/21
2007
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Cutting edge tower raises controller capabilities
With the cutting of a ribbon at Offutt's new state-of-the-art control tower Wednesday, 55th Operations Support Squadron specialists took a giant leap forward in training and air traffic management. With a bigger cab and training rooms for new controllers, "This facility is state of the art," said 55th Wing Commander Col. Jim Jones. "It helps
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5/21
2007
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Open house honorary pilot honors us
There was activity everywhere at Offutt AFB May 4, the day before the annual two-day "Defenders of Freedom" Open House and Air Show kicked off. Planes of every shape, size and age flew in and were moved to their parking places; vendors were setting up tents; water stations, check points and road signs popped up all over. Amid the bustle and
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5/21
2007
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