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  • 55th Maintenance Squadron hosts spouse’s tour

    The 55th Maintenance Squadron hosted a tour for unit spouses at the Bennie Davis Maintenance Facility Feb. 17.The overall goal of the tour was to educate spouses on what the men and women of the 55th MXS do on a daily basis and to also see how their significant others contribute to the overall

  • Offutt next in line for cloud-based email

    Is your email box almost full? Well rest easy. Starting March 6, Offutt will begin migrating base email to a new system as part of the Collaboration Pathfinder project that will outsource collaborative services to the Microsoft Office 365 cloud-based platform.

  • Offutt Firefighters Protect the Environment and Ensure Fire Protection

    They are called Aqueous Film-Forming Foam agents and they are the most effective foams available to defeat flammable liquid fires.   This fact alone would explain why Air Force bases have been interested in them, not including how they provide rapid extinguishment, cooling, vapor sealing to inhibit

  • Offutt Airmen Among AFMS 2016 Award Winners

    The Air Force Surgeon General has announced the recipients of the Air Force Medical Service 2016 individual and team Annual Awards.The nominations submitted reflect the extraordinary quality of the Airmen in the Air Force Medical Service. The accomplishments of those recognized demonstrate

  • From humble beginnings, wing’s enduring relationship with UK was forged

    It wasn’t the chill of the evening but dissipating adrenaline that animated the fighter pilot’s hand in subtle rhythms – a gesture the pilot lessened by gripping a foam-topped pint glass.The 55th Fighter Group pilots were venturing further into enemy territory on their almost-daily flying missions

  • FAST Leadership Leads to Air Force Level Award

    The dust boils in the slipstream of a C-130 Hercules at an undisclosed location as vital supplies are being delivered where the enemy shadows the innocent.   The war in Afghanistan may be over but Airmen are still there, sacrificing time with family and sometimes their very life to help protect the

  • Benevolence sweeps Offutt

    The temperature outside remains frigid but the days of mistletoe are nothing more than a memory. There is one thing that survived the long lines and family get-togethers of the season and that is the benevolence Team Offutt has shown in the Combined Federal Campaign. “This year Team Offutt took a

  • New office stands up to strengthen warrior care

    When an RC-135V/W Rivet Joint has a tire issue, the 55th Wing relies on one of its maintainers to get the aircraft back to mission capable. But who looks after those maintainers if one of them has a potential issue?That’s the charge of the recently established Office of the Warrior Advocate, or OWA.

  • 55th Wing hosts Annual Awards

    Offutt Air Force Base is scheduled to host the 55th Wing Annual Awards Feb. 10 at the Patriot Club.“The theme this year is ‘An Evening with the Stars,’ set kind of in the 1920s Jazz supper club era,” said Senior Master Sgt. Gloria Weatherspoon, co-chair of the event. “We wanted to utilize the

  • Speak Up to Save a Life

    Recently, a 55th Medical Support Operations Squadron administrative assistant, Dustie Davis, identified a potential risk in a patient and notified a nurse, who then contacted the patient about his symptoms.As a result of “Duty to Speak Up,” a 55th Medical Group Trusted Care focus area, Dustie was

  • FSS scores with Super Saturday

    The Patriot Club was packed January 21, with football fans filled with dreams of taking home an autographed piece of sports history or perhaps even hope to win the grand prize of an all-expenses-paid trip to Super Bowl LI. The only name fitting for this event was simply, ‘Super Saturday.’ With the

  • Catfishing: Don’t get lured in

    Dating in today’s technologically savvy world seems to have become less personal. In many cases, finding someone to spend time with might be based on information obtained through dating websites, phone calls, texts, chats and instant messages. The big question amidst the barrage of electronic

  • BSC celebrates mission, keeps Team Offutt fit to fight

    Members of the Air Force’s Biomedical Sciences Corps were recognized during an appreciation week held January 23-27. The annual event recognizes the contributions of the BSC that includes 2,400 medical officers across the Air Force. At Offutt, nearly 30 officers work in the BSC under the command of

  • New dormitory construction to start in June

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded an $18.8 million contract January 17 to build a brand-new, 120 person dormitory on base. Construction on the LEED Silver, three-story, 51,150 square foot building is scheduled to begin in June. “This is a huge win for Team Offutt,” said Col. Marty Reynolds,

  • Wing’s EC-130s mark 15 consecutive years in Afghanistan

    All around the dimly-lit tent are enduring symbols of a constant presence. A name scrawled across a wooden wall, a lengthy list of deployment dates written underneath, updated year after year. A library stacked with books and games to pass the time. A built-in couch labeled “Snooze Town.” All the

  • Offutt Tax Center changes services for the 2017 tax season

    As tax season approaches the Offutt Tax Center is preparing for a busy tax season and wants customers to be aware of changes in service offerings. The Offutt Tax Center is located in the basement of the 55th Wing Legal Office. The waiting area is in the hallway; with this in mind we are asking that

  • AF introduces new Energy Flight Plan

    The Air Force introduced a new Energy Flight Plan, signed by Miranda Ballentine, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment and energy, on Jan. 6.

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