 
Salute to America’s Heroes
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Victor Toney, 55th Wing chaplain, shares a few words before providing the invocation at the inaugural Salute to America’s Heroes dinner at the Omaha Ramada Inn Feb. 16. More than 50 wounded warriors and their families from around the Midwest attended the event. (Photo by Ryan Hansen)
|
Salute to ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 2/19/2013
|
|
|
 
Salute to America’s Heroes
The Offutt Honor Guard posts the colors from each branch of military service as well as the American flag to mark the beginning of the inaugural Salute to America’s Heroes dinner at the Omaha Ramada Inn Feb. 16. Attendees were given two nights at a hotel, tickets to the Durham Museum, Joslyn Art Museum and Omaha Children’s Museum, and passes to the Coco Key indoor water resort all for free thanks to the Wounded Warrior Family Support Program. (Photo by Ryan Hansen)
|
Salute to ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 2/19/2013
|
|
|
 
Fierce professionals secure Offutt's gates
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Timothy Poremba, 55th Security Forces Squadron, salutes an officer entering at the Kenny Gate on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Aug. 30. Common courtesies such as the salute are an important part to a good first impression of Offutt AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jeff W. Gates/Released)
|
Fierce ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 9/4/2012
|
|
|
 
Fierce professionals secure Offutt's gates
U.S. Air Force Airman Donald Lewis, 55th Security Forces Squadron, checks Identification at the Kenny Gate on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Aug. 30. Security forces members are starting a new program to enhance their customer service skills to align with their defender abilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jeff W. Gates/Released)
|
Fierce ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 9/4/2012
|
|
|
 
Fierce professionals secure Offutt's gates
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Timothy Poremba, 55th Security Forces Squadron, checks Identification at the Kenney Gate on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Aug. 30. Military and civilian security forces members check cars on a daily basis to ensure the security of Offutt. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jeff W. Gates/Released)
|
Fierce ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 9/4/2012
|
|
|
 
Flag Day
Team Offutt members stand at parade rest during the Flag Day ceremony held on the parade grounds at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., June 14. On June 24, 1912 flags became standardized with specific proportions and the arrangement of the stars into six rows of eight each according to an executive order from President Taft.
(U.S. Air Force Photo by Charles Haymond/Released)
|
Flag Day
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 6/19/2012
|
|
|
 
Flag Day
U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Dixon, 55th Wing vice commander, salutes the U.S. Flag during the Flag Day ceremony held on the parade grounds at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., June 14. Dixon enables base support to U.S. Strategic Command and 50 associate units, and 57,000 active-duty military and family members, civilian personnel and retirees in the Offutt Air Force Base area. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Charles Haymond/Released)
|
Flag Day
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 6/19/2012
|
|
|
 
Flag Day
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt's. Casey Putney and Jeffrey Haak, both with the 55th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, hold the U.S. Flag during the Flag Day ceremony held on the parade grounds at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., June 14. The 55th AMXS generates more than 2,500 sorties a year, providing the world's premier intelligence and command and control capabilities. It includes 640 military and 109 contract maintainers in 19 Air Force Specialty Codes. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Charles Haymond/Released)
|
Flag Day
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 6/19/2012
|
|
|
 
Flag Day
020 Team Offutt members lower the U.S. Flag during the Flag Day ceremony held on the parade grounds at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., June 14. The "Stars and Stripes," the official National symbol of the United States of America was authorized by congress on Saturday, June 14, 1777 it was the fifth item of the day's agenda. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Charles Haymond/Released)
|
Flag Day
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 6/19/2012
|
|
|
 
Flag Day
U.S. Air Force personnel from the 55th Security Forces Squadron lower the U.S. Flag during the Flag Day ceremony held on the parade grounds at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., June 14. President Woodrow Wilson declared June 14 as the official date for National Flag Day in 1916. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Charles Haymond/Released.)
|
Flag Day
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 6/19/2012
|
|
|
 
Retired Air Force Col. Marvin N. ‘Bud’ Morss, former 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing commander,
Retired Air Force Col. Marvin N. ‘Bud’ Morss, former 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing commander, passed away April 16, in Imperial Beach, Calif. Morss was commander of the 55th SRW at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., from June 30, 1971, to Aug. 31, 1972. (Courtesy photo)
|
Retired Air ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 4/23/2012
|
|
|
 
Fireman Training
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Donald Bacon (middle), 55th Wing commander, watches as a firefighter gets the hose prepared as smoke quickly descends on them from the ceiling as part of a training exercise located in the vacant McCoy Hall at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., March 7. The training allowed Bacon to experience the firefighter's rigorous training and witness the firefighters in action. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released).
|
Fireman Training
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/12/2012
|
|
|
 
Fireman Training
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Donald Bacon, 55th Wing commander, addresses the fire fighters during their morning roll call following a 24-hour shift with them at the firehouse on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., March 8. Bacon spent a 24-hour period with Offutt firefighters to get an up-close look into their operations and life in the firehouse. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released).
|
Fireman Training
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/12/2012
|
|
|
 
Fireman Training
U.S. Air Force Brig Gen. Donald Bacon, 55th Wing commander, gives two thumbs up after receiving his honorary fireman's hat during morning roll call at the firehouse on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., March 8. Offutt Fire Chief David Eblin (left) and deputy fire chief James Lencke (right) honored the wing commander with a gift following his 24-hour shift he spent with Offutt's fire fighters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released).
|
Fireman Training
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/12/2012
|
|
|
 
Fireman Training
U.S. Air Force Brig Gen. Donald Bacon, 55th Wing commander, places his honorary fireman's hat on his head during morning roll call at the Offutt Air Force Base firehouse, Neb., March 8. Offutt Fire Chief David Eblin (left) and deputy fire chief James Lencke (right) honored Bacon with a gift following his 24-hour shift training with Offutt's fire fighters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released).
|
Fireman Training
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/12/2012
|
|
|
 
Fireman Training
Lucas Lechtenberg, Offutt Air Force Base firefighter, removes his protective gear as does U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Donald Bacon, following a fast paced training session that involved storming McCoy Hall to find "dummies" representing survivors in the room at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., March 7. Bacon spent 24 hours with Offutt firefighters, training, eating and sleeping in the bunks to gain perspective for how their life is spent on base and in the firehouse. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released).
|
Fireman Training
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/12/2012
|
|
|
 
Fireman Training
A "dummy" is pulled from a hallway into a common area as part of an exercise in the old McCoy Hall dorm building, as Offutt firefighters perform their training alongside U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Donald Bacon, 55th Wing commander, at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., March 7. Bacon got to experience entering rooms with zero visibility to find survivors in time as part of his 24-hour long visit with the Offutt Fire Department. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released).
|
Fireman Training
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/12/2012
|
|
|
 
Fireman Training
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Donald Bacon (middle), 55th Wing commander, watches as firefighters prepare the hose as smoke quickly descends on them from the ceiling as part of a training exercise located in McCoy Hall at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., March 7. The training gave Bacon a front row seat to see the firefighters in action. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released).
|
Fireman Training
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/12/2012
|
|
|
 
Fireman Training
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Donald Bacon, 55th Wing commander, carries the fire hose to the second floor of the now empty McCoy Hall dormitories while training with firefighters at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., March 7. Bacon spent a 24-hour period with Offutt's firefighters to get an up-close look into their operations and life in the firehouse. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released).
|
Fireman Training
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/12/2012
|
|
|
 
Fireman Training
Lucas Lechtenberg, Offutt Air Force Base Firefighter, prepares his gear prior to entering a smoke filled McCoy Hall with U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Donald Bacon, 55th Wing commander, at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., March 7. The commander spent 24 hours with Offutt firefighters training, eating and sleeping in the bunks to experience how their life is spent on base and in the firehouse. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released).
|
Fireman Training
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/12/2012
|
|
|
 
Fireman Training
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Donald Bacon, 55th Wing commander, takes an unraveled hose from a fire truck prior to entering McCoy Hall, a former dorm building, to experience what it looks like to enter a burning building to find survivors on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., March 7. Smoke machines turned hallways into opaque walls of gray as Bacon made his way through the building to find "dummies" representing real people. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released).
|
Fireman Training
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/12/2012
|
|
|
 
Fireman Training
Lucas Lechtenberg, Offutt Air Force Base firefighter, unravels a hose from a fire truck as U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Donald Bacon, 55th Wing commander, takes the hose seconds before entering a mock fire inside of the McCoy Hall, an empty dorm building at Offutt AFB, Neb., March 7. Bacon spent a 24-hour period with Offutt firefighters to get an up-close look into their operations and life in the firehouse. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released).
|
Fireman Training
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/12/2012
|
|
|
 
Offutt Airman receives Bronze Star
U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin D. Dixon, 55th Wing vice commander, presents a Bronze Star certificate to Master Sgt. Christopher Banks at a ceremony held in the 55th Medical Group's dining facility, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Sept. 27. Banks earned the medal for his heroic acts performed under extreme real world conditions in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released).
|
Offutt Airman ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 9/29/2011
|
|
|
 
Offutt Airman receives Bronze Star
Colleagues were quick to leave their seats to applaud Master Sgt. Christopher Banks after he was formally presented the Bronze Star in the 55th Medical Group's dining facility on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Sept. 27. Banks received the Bronze Star for his acts of valor in response to an attack in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released).
|
Offutt Airman ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 9/29/2011
|
|
|
 
Offutt Airman receives Bronze Star
U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin D. Dixon, 55th Wing vice commander, pins the Bronze Star medal onto U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Christopher Banks at a ceremony in the 55th Medical Group's dining facility, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Sept. 27. Banks earned the medal for his heroic acts performed under extreme real world conditions in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released).
|
Offutt Airman ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 9/29/2011
|
|
|
 
DECON
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb.- 55th Medical Group Airmen move a simulated contaminated patient through the ambulatory line inside of the decontamination tent located at the McCoy Hall parking lot, here, May 10. Frequent training ensures the medical professionals are capable of moving people efficiently through the decontamination tent. The ambulatory line is a section of the DECON tent where immobilized patients are pushed though the rollers while laying on a stretcher.
U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
DECON
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 5/11/2011
|
|
|
 
DECON
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Tech Sgt. Shawn VanConett removes the Tychem Suit from Tech. Sgt. Anthony Porter following a decontamination exercise held inside of the DECON tent located at the McCoy Hall parking lot, here, May 10. Frequent training ensures the medical professionals are capable of moving people efficiently through the decontamination tent. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
DECON
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 5/11/2011
|
|
|
 
DECON
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - 55th Medical Group Airmen move a simulated contamination patient through the ambulatory line inside of the decontamination tent located at the McCoy Hall parking lot, here, May 10. Frequent training ensures the medical professionals are capable of moving people efficiently through the decontamination tent. The ambulatory line is a section of the DECON tent where immobilized patients are pushed though the rollers while laying on a stretcher. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
DECON
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 5/11/2011
|
|
|
 
DECON
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Staff Sgt. Howard Lance with the 55th Medical Group, briefs colleagues as they begin decontamination training in McCoy Hall parking lot here May 10. Frequent training ensures the medical professionals are capable of moving people efficiently through the decontamination tent. Nineteen decontamination-trained Airmen are capable of moving 30 individuals through the tent in a real world situation. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
DECON
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 5/11/2011
|
|
|
 
Sharon Ingram, 55th Wing Sexual Assault Response Coordinator assistant, presents Brig. Gen. Donald Bacon, 55th Wing commander, with a proclamation to mark April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Sharon Ingram, 55th Wing Sexual Assault Response Coordinator assistant, presents Brig. Gen. Donald Bacon, 55th Wing commander, with a proclamation to mark April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The SARC office has events planned throughout the month to educate and spread awareness to base personnel including three, “Can I Kiss You?” presentations by Mike Domitrz on Wednesday, April 27. For more information, please contact the SARC office at (402) 232-9999. (Photo by Jeff Gates)
|
Sharon Ingram, ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 4/19/2011
|
|
|
 
Tell me more about the rifle
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Staff Sgt. Tracy Howard, NCO in charge of the 55th Security Forces Squadron armory, takes a question from a St. Mary's High School student inside the armory here March 24. Eight students from St. Mary's High School in Kansas visited the armory as part of a base tour. U.S. Air Force Photo by Jeff W. Gates
|
Tell me more ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 4/5/2011
|
|
|
 
One deadly weapon
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Staff Sgt. Tracy Howard, NCO in charge of the 55th Security Forces Squadron armory, shows eight students from St. Mary?s High School (Kansas) an M-870 shotgun and explains how security forces Airmen use it inside the armory here March 24. The students visited the armory as part of a base tour. U.S. Air Force Photo by Jeff W. Gates
|
One deadly ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 4/5/2011
|
|
|
 
Weapons 101
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Staff Sgt. Tracy Howard, NCO in charge of the 55th Security Forces armory, displays a 30-round magazine and explains how the magazine is utilized to eight students from St. Mary's High School (Kansas) in the armory here March 24. The students visited the armory as part of a base tour. U.S. Air Force Photo by Jeff W. Gates
|
Weapons 101
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 4/5/2011
|
|
|
 
Noteables
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Tech. Sgt. Jason Millott, saxophone player with the Heartland of America Band's Noteables jazz ensemble, finds a quiet place to prepare for the concert at the Atlantic Middle School, Atlantic, IA. March 26. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
Noteables
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/29/2011
|
|
|
 
Noteables
Ames, IA - Tech. Sgt. Krista Joyce, the vocalist with the Heartland of America Band's Noteables jazz ensemble, performs at Ames High School's auditorium in Ames, Iowa, March 27. Jazz fans filled into a 600-seat auditorium to see the Air Force ensemble perform. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
Noteables
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/29/2011
|
|
|
 
Noteables
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Senior Airman Greg Phlugh, saxophone with the Heartland of America Band's Noteables jazz ensemble, runs cables to the stage speakers as part of setting up at Ames High School's auditorium in Ames, Iowa, March 27. Jazz fans filled into a 600-seat auditorium to see the Air Force ensemble perform. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
Noteables
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/29/2011
|
|
|
 
Noteables
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - The Heartland of America Band's Noteables jazz ensemble performs at Atlantic Middle School's auditorium in Atlantic, Iowa, March 26. The band often travels long distances from their hotel in order to reach sometimes very small venues where fans of jazz await their arrival. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
Noteables
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/29/2011
|
|
|
 
Noteables
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Tech. Sgt. Krista Joyce, the vocalist with the Heartland of America Band's Noteables jazz ensemble, performs at the Atlantic Middle School's auditorium in Atlantic, Iowa, March 26. Jazz fans faced the blistering cold to see the Air Force ensemble perform for the second time in Atlantic in five months. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger
|
Noteables
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/29/2011
|
|
|
 
Noteables
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Airman 1st Class Nathan Heald, saxophone with the Heartland of America Band's Noteables Jazz ensemble, dons a tiger head found in the theater of Atlantic Middle School's auditorium in Atlantic, Iowa, following set up and sound check, March 26. The band often travels long distances from their hotel in order to reach sometimes very small venues where fans of jazz await their arrival. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
Noteables
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/29/2011
|
|
|
 
Noteables
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Staff Sgt. Steven P. Helfand, drummer and percussionist with the Heartland of America Band's Noteables jazz ensemble, reads through pages of music to pass the time while on the road to their next gig in Atlantic, Iowa, in their central Iowa tour March 26. The band often travels long distances from their hotel in order to reach sometimes very small venues where fans of Jazz await their arrival. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
Noteables
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/29/2011
|
|
|
 
Noteables
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Tech. Sgt. Krista Joyce, the vocalist with the Heartland of America Band's Noteables jazz ensemble, signs an autograph for a young man following a two-part concert held at the Waukee Middle School in Waukee, Iowa, March 25. The Noteables perform at several venues with audiences ranging from small children to war veterans. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
Noteables
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/29/2011
|
|
|
 
Noteables
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Master Sgt. Richard Baisden, a guitarist with the Heartland of America Band's Noteables jazz ensemble, performs in front of 200 Waukee Middle School band students in Waukee, Iowa, as part of a seven-day central Iowa tour, March 25. The Noteables perform at several venues with audiences ranging from small children to war veterans. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
Noteables
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/29/2011
|
|
|
 
Noteables
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Airmen with the Heartland of America Band's Noteables jazz ensemble, roll their equipment into Waukee Middle School's band room in Waukee, Iowa, for a two-part concert for 200 students. The band unloaded their equipment with streamlined accuracy from the equipment truck with a final set up taking roughly 20 minutes before they perform their first sound check. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
Noteables
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/29/2011
|
|
|
 
Change of Command
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Col. William Jensen, 55th Wing vice commander, leads the wing's formation at a change of command ceremony March 9. Brig. Gen. John N.T. Shanahan relinquished command to Brig. Gen. Donald Bacon.
U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger. (released)
|
Change of ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/14/2011
|
|
|
 
Change of Command
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Lt. Gen. Glenn Spears, 12th AIr Force commander, hands the 55th Wing guidon to Brig. Gen. Donald Bacon, incoming 55th Wing commander, during a change of command ceremony March 9 at the Bennie Davis Maintenance Facility. General Bacon is already familiar with the 55th Wing, having served as commander of both the 41st Electronic Combat Squadron and the 55th Electronic Combat Group. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
Change of ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/14/2011
|
|
|
 
Change of Command
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Lt. Gen. Glenn Spears, 12th Air Force commander, address the audience at a change of command ceremony March 9 at the Bennie Davis Maintenance Facility. General Spears presented outgoing 55th Wing Commander Brig. Gen. John N.T. Shanahan with the Legion of Merit during the ceremony. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger (released)
|
Change of ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/14/2011
|
|
|
 
Change of Command
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Brig. Gen. Donald Bacon, new 55th Wing commander, addresses the audience at a change of command ceremony March 9 at the Bennie Davis Maintenance Facility. U.S. Air Force photo by Charles Haymond (released)
|
Change of ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/14/2011
|
|
|
 
Change of Command
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Brig. Gen. John N.T. Shanahan, outgoing 55th Wing commander, addresses the audience at a change of command ceremony March 9 at the Bennie Davis Maintenance Facility. U.S. Air Force photo by Charles Haymond (released)
|
Change of ...
Download Full Image
E-mail a friend
Posted: 3/14/2011
|
|
|
| | | |
