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  • OSS ensures airfield operations continue amid COVID-19 pandemic

    When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the local area in March, the 55th Operations Support Squadron faced a challenge unlike any they had faced before to keep airfield operations ongoing.By implementing numerous precautionary measures, this team of more than 200 people, whose vast mission ensures the 55th

  • Offutt reestablishes fuel system lost in flood, increases capability

    For the first time since it was damaged in the March 2019 flood, the Type III Underground Fuel System became operational here June 16, 2020.The Type III Underground Fuel System allows personnel to refuel aircraft via an underground constant pressure system that takes it directly from fuel tanks

  • New chapel initiative aims to encourage caring for others

    Recently around the installation there have been a series of anonymous attacks happening without any rhyme or reason.The attacks, known as R.A.C.K. Attacks, are random acts of chapel sponsored kindness where the idea is nothing more than putting a smile on someone’s face and providing

  • Intel analysis cells continue worldwide support amid COVID-19

    Across the globe, there have been significant changes to daily life since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. With new protocols in place, the Department of Defense has directed continual operations, and Team Offutt is doing its part to ensure the mission never stops by still generating flights,

  • Warhorses gallop steadfast through COVID-19

    Warhorses in the middle ages were known as cavalry warriors, they came in different sizes, types and were used for various forms of warfare, reconnaissance, raiding, communication, or supply. Unlike the four-legged equine Warhorses of the past, the 55th Logistics Readiness Squadron continues to help

  • Tiger team saves millions

    Earlier this year, a team of engineers and maintainers set out on a mission to fix an issue indicated by a light in their aircraft’s cockpit, but little did they know they would end up saving the Air Force millions of dollars.For over a year, the aircraft had a fluctuating exhaust gas temperature

  • 2nd CWSS narrows Air Force Weather’s first-in communications gap

    Members from Air Force Weather and Special Operations communities gathered at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, Feb. 20, to test a first-in communications capability with potential for the global Air Force mission. Joint Special Operations Command, 2nd Combat Weather Systems Squadron, 18th Weather Squadron

  • COVID-19 testing available for DOD members, families

    As more COVID-19 testing sites pop-up in the local area, the 55th Medical Group would like to remind Team Offutt that testing is available to all DoD members and their families who have COVID-19 symptoms, known contact, are high-risk or have traveled to high-risk areas. Anyone considering alternate

  • 15th OWS creating margin with Ready Month

    The 15th Operational Weather Squadron has introduced a new scheduling model this year to improve readiness, morale and the ability to train. Dubbed “Ready Month,” the plan provides the opportunity for one of the squadron’s four operational flights to come off 24/7 operations for a month to focus on

  • 55th Wing conducts first large scale deployment during COVID-19 pandemic

    Senior Airman Ebony Washington and Staff Sgt. Milyka Moses, both with the 55th Aerospace Medical Squadron public health, takes the temperature of 55th Wing members before deploying from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, May 12, 2020. This is the first large scale deployment for the 55th Wing since

  • First deployed Airmen return during COVID-19

    The first group of 55th Wing Airmen to return from overseas since the COVID-19 pandemic began arrived here May 4, 2020.The Airmen are with the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron and deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan, providing RC-135U Combat Sent operations.

  • Reach back operations never stop

    Across the globe, there has been significant changes to daily life since the beginning of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic. With new protocols in place, the Department of Defense has directed continual operations, and Team Offutt is doing their part to ensure the mission never stops by still

  • Fifty-Fifth fightin’ through COVID-19

    In the midst of a Public Health Emergency, at Health Protection Condition Charlie and with mission-essential personnel only reporting for duty, there is a stillness across the base most likely not seen since its establishment in 1896 as its personnel fight to keep COVID-19 at a distance.

  • Cyber Evolution: 16th WS

    The 16th Weather Squadron is leading the way, reorganizing to become the 557th Weather Wing’s dedicated software and innovation squadron, a move that will generate new insights on environmental intelligence for combatant commanders around the globe. When complete, the reorganization will reinforce

  • Intel squadron continues to make mission happen through COVID-19

    The 97th Intelligence Squadron continues to provide worldwide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support to combatant commanders around the globe despite the constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.The mission of the 97th is to provide mission-qualified aircrew for all variants of

  • ALS goes virtual

    The James M. McCoy Airmen Leadership School here was the first school of its kind to gain approval and complete a previously paused course completely online due to COVID-19 restrictions.

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