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  • Offutt contracting civilian best in Air Force

    The Air Force recently announced the award winners for best contracting professionals. Eric Mahowald, director of business operations for the 55th Contracting Squadron, was selected as the winner of the “Outstanding Civilian in Operational Contracting” for the supervisory level.

  • Wing makes move to Nebraska

    Editor’s note: This is the third article in a series that annotates the history of the 55th Wing from its early days as a World War II pursuit group to its current form as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance unit.After nearly two years of planning, the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

  • The Pillars II - Sleep

    Whether active-duty Air Force, civilian or contractor, life happens, and you can’t always be prepared for it. An important part of making daily Air Force missions happen is ensuring Airmen are ready for what life hands them. Chaplain (Maj.) Jim Bridgham, wing chaplain, and Capt. Jerry Walker III,

  • 55th LRS Airman STEP promoted two weeks before terminal leave

    When Col. Marty Reynolds, commander of the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, called Caley Cramer up to the front of the room in the 55th Logistics Readiness Squadron on April 3, Cramer thought there had been a mistake.“Hey, Staff Sgt. Cramer, come up here,” Reynolds had said.Cramer looked around,

  • Offutt CDC teacher receives special honors

    Six child development center teachers from U.S. Air Force installations recently received special honors.Elizabeth Peralta at Aviano Air Base, Italy; Jennifer Miller at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado; Heidi Sowers at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota; Michele Diane Southall at Grand Forks AFB, North

  • Offutt dentist helps furry patient get back to work

    Dasty, an Offutt military working dog, was brought in to the base Veterinary Treatment Facility by his handler last month for a routine dental cleaning when a fractured tooth was discovered. Through a pre-established agreement, a dentist from the 55th Dental Squadron and his assistant were called to

  • Chapel hosts clergy partnership event

    The Offutt Chapel hosted a Clergy Partnership Event at Capehart Chapel on April 6.The event was an opportunity for the Offutt Chapel to engage with local clergy from various faith groups and traditions in order to provide for the spiritual care of the base’s military members and their families.“We

  • NCOs win Offutt's Top Chef Competition

    The non-commission officer team won the third annual Offutt Top Chef Grill Masters competition at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., April 6, 2017 held on the parade field. Four teams competed against one another by creating three dishes to be judged on taste, presentation and creativity. (U.S. Air Force

  • Wing leadership delivers flag to original home

    Back in 1943, the newly-formed 55th Fighter Group called Nuthampstead, United States Army Air Forces station 131, home during World War II.Today, Nuthampstead is a quiet village and civil parish where an abandoned airstrip remains, harking back to its glory days.In the early 1980s, the

  • AFRC to host military spouse resiliency course

    The Offutt Airman & Family Readiness Center will host a resiliency event aimed at military spouses April 11.The event is intended to be an introduction to resilient thinking, and to gauge interest in a possible two-day course offered once a quarter.“Spouses feel the effects of active duty service

  • Annual AFAF campaign gets underway this month

    The 2017 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign of “Commitment to Caring” kicks off here on April 10.The AFAF campaign supports four charities that are dedicated to caring for Airmen and their families from induction through retirement and beyond.The four charities are the Air Force Aid Society, General

  • Stopping Sexual Assault – Not Just in April

    The truth is, the vast majority of Airmen we serve alongside have never – and will never – sexually assault another person in their lifetime. Let me say it again for the people in the back – the vast majority of our Airmen HAVE NEVER and WILL NEVER harm another person. Hard stop.

  • LeMay CAP squadron debuts new cyber/STEM classroom

    Offutt’s Curtis E. LeMay Composite Squadron, the base’s Civil Air Patrol Total Force partner, hosted an open house March 30 at their squadron headquarters located in historic Building 44 on Grant’s Pass Rd.

  • Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth transitions from pursuit to recon

    After making its mark during World War II, earning two distinguished unit citations and fostering 16 aces, the 55th Fighter Group flew its last mission on April 21, 1945, and was deactivated August 20, 1946.However, by 1947 The Soviet Union had emerged as a new threat and the United States found

  • Hard working teams making critical SATCOM upgrade reality

    Tobyhanna continues to move the military’s worldwide communications closer to real time via installation of state-of-the-art satellite communications terminals.Technicians are installing AN/GSC-52B terminals, which are part of the Department of Defense’s Modernization of Enterprise Terminals

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