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  • Offutt clinic gets makeover

    The 55th Medical Group held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Ehrling Bergquist Clinic April 21, to reopen the recently renovated in-patient services area."The clinic renovation expands the Mental Health office, Physical Therapy space and patient services," said Col. Patrick L. Dawson, 55th MDG

  • ACC honors their best during the 2011 Outstanding Airmen of the Year banquet

    Air Combat Command took time to honor its best and brightest during the 2011 Outstanding Airmen of the Year recognition banquet at the Embassy Suites Hotel, in Omaha, Neb., April 20. The banquet was the culmination of a three-day process, which was sponsored by ACC and supported locally by members

  • Legendary Doolittle Raiders visit Offutt

    Almost 69 years to the day of their famous air raid on Japan, the five surviving Doolittle Raiders gathered together once again for their annual reunion, this year in Nebraska April 14-17.Included in this year's schedule of events spread throughout Omaha and Lincoln was a visit to meet the men and

  • NASA to join Team Offutt

    More than 20 NASA flight crew, ground crew and technicians will descend on Offutt late this month as the newest, if only temporary, members of Team Offutt. They will bring with them a NASA ER-2 to participate in the Mid-latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment, or MC3E, over Oklahoma. This

  • Offutt welcomes 2011 ACC Outstanding Airmen of the Year nominees

    The 55th Wing warmly welcomes all annual Air Combat Command Outstanding Airmen of the Year nominees and their families, co-workers and friends to Omaha for this year's recognition week. "From the minute they arrive Sunday, these Airmen will take part in a personalized schedule focused on recognizing

  • Troops to receive full mid-month pay April 15th

    All service members will receive their full mid-month pay they have earned in their paychecks April 15, Pentagon officials said today."Basically, all active duty and reserve service members will receive full mid-month pay on the 15th of April," Pentagon spokesman Marine Col. Dave Lapan said. "It may

  • Fightin' Fifty-Fifth continues to lead the fight

    Since its early days as the 55th Fighter Group escorting bombers during World War II, the Fightin' Fifty-Fifth has led the fight and in today's world of constant change the demand for the wing's expertise is at an all-time high.Last week, for the first time in recent memory, all seven of the 55th

  • Airman's money-saving solution rewarded by IDEA program

    The Innovative Development Employee Awareness program awarded an inventive Airman a $10,000 check here March 17.Airman 1st Class Shawn W. Smith, 755th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron instrument flight control system journeyman, was rewarded for his submission that suggested a change in the

  • The 55th Wing celebrates Heritage Week

    As Offutt prepares for the 33rd Annual 55th Wing Birthday Ball, members of the wing from various points of its development gather to remember pivotal moments in the Fifty-Fifth's rich history."The Fightin' Fifty-Fifth is full of great traditions and a wonderful heritage going back 70 years. We're

  • Fallen warrior still paving the way

    In a ceremony here March 24 at 2 p.m., Offutt Airmen will rededicate a road to honor and remember Lt. Col. Mark E. Stratton, who was killed when a suicide car bomber detonated an improvised explosive device alongside a convoy north of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2009. The ceremony will

  • Offutt announces selections for the March enlisted supplemental promotion

    Ten Offutt Airmen selected for promotion as part of the March enlisted supplemental promotion process.The enlisted supplemental promotion release announces those Airmen selected for promotion who tested outside of their required cycle due to an extended temporary duty or deployment in support of a

  • Offutt announces new O-6 promotees

    Team Offutt congratulates the following lieutenant colonels on their selection for promotion to colonel.Lt. Col. Brien J. Baude, U.S. Strategic CommandLt. Col. Jeffrey G. Compton, U.S. Strategic CommandLt. Col. John J. Cooper, 55th Operations GroupLt. Col. Diane M. Jones, U.S. Strategic CommandLt.

  • Wing change of command brings back 'one of our own'

    The 55th Wing said goodbye to Brig. Gen. John N.T. Shanahan March 9 at a special change of command ceremony and welcomed back Brig. Gen. Donald "Bits" Bacon, this time as the new wing commander. Lt. Gen. Glenn F. Spears, 12th Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony and presented General