April 6, 2017 Military Children’s Health Month: Taking care of our youngest beneficiaries The Military Health System is dedicated to making sure we provide good care to our service members, retirees, and families. As a pediatric emergency physician for more than 20 years, I have witnessed heartbreaking scenes of children brought in for treatment after some terrible accident or illness,
April 5, 2017 Celebrating 50 years of the CMSAF In April 1967, Chief Master Sgt. Paul Airey set on a path untraveled by any other Airman in the U.S. Air Force.
April 3, 2017 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.
March 31, 2017 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
March 31, 2017 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
March 29, 2017 Education Office wants ‘informed and confident’ Team Offutt The Offutt Education Center is a true one-stop shop to assist current service members, veterans and dependents meet their professional and personal educational goals.
March 27, 2017 The time to prepare for severe weather is now March 20th marked the first day of spring, welcoming warmer weather, rain, flowers and the return of green grass. However, it also brings an increased risk of thunderstorms and tornadoes to the Midwest region. If you are new to the area, or even a lifelong resident, Offutt’s emergency management
March 17, 2017 Units make DUIs personal For most people, September 9, 2011, was just like any other day. The weather was warm and the sun was out as summer was winding down.However, for Todd and Jaimi Calfee, that is one day they and their family will never forget as a drunk driver took the life of their daughter, Alexis, and her
March 13, 2017 DBIDS upgrade delivers Team Offutt faster, secure base access For the nearly 12,000 Team Offutt members and visitors who transit the base gates each day, they may notice traffic is flowing faster, but might not realize security is also stronger.Thanks to a Defense Biometrics Identification System 5.0 upgrade, ID card scanning speed has been reduced to a single
March 10, 2017 Offutt NCO receives top level safety award An Offutt senior NCO was recently recognized as the Air Force’s 2016 Safety Professional of the Year. Master Sgt. Roger Scott, who is the superintendent of the wing safety office, received the award for his contributions to safety programs in support of Offutt and multiple locations in the Middle
March 3, 2017 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
Feb. 27, 2017 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.
Feb. 23, 2017 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
Feb. 23, 2017 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
Feb. 21, 2017 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
Feb. 17, 2017 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
Feb. 17, 2017 Offutt teams with RAF 51 Squadron to fix Airseeker landing gear The 55th Wing marked another historic milestone when a Royal Air Force RC-135 ‘Airseeker’ aircraft diverted to Offutt Air Force Base after experiencing landing gear problems during a joint exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Feb. 13, 2017 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
Feb. 10, 2017 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.