May 20, 2016 Field house track opens earlier than scheduled The Offutt Field House opened the expanded running track that encircles the much of the 220 thousand square foot fitness facility at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held May 16. U.S. Air Force Col. Marty Reynold, commander of the 55th Wing, along with integral members of the 55th Civil Engineering
May 13, 2016 Base picnic scheduled for June 3 The time has finally come to shed jackets, grab camp chairs and head to the lake for food, fun, music and prizes. That’s right, Friday, June 3 the Offutt Advisory Council’s annual Offutt Appreciation Day Picnic takes place at the Base Lake. The community surrounding the base annually provides a free
May 12, 2016 CCRI – Make the mission happen For some, the Super Bowl is the culmination of a year’s worth of avid attention. They don’t wash their team jerseys in order to avoid jinxing the quarterback, they don’t schedule anything on game day. Talk around the watercooler revolves around which team has the best chance of making it. Months of
May 10, 2016 The Runway Run offers a 7-mile stretch Participants get in place for the eighth annual Bellevue-Offutt Runway Run at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., May 8, 2016. More than 100 runners participated in this unique seven-mile race that takes runners down Fort Crook Road in Bellevue, Neb. and down an active U.S. Air Force runway on Offutt AFB.
May 6, 2016 Nurses, Medical Technicians Week 2016 To celebrate Nurses and Medical Technicians Week 2016, spend a little time checking the pulse of those who have pledged to check yours. The nurses and medical technicians of the Fighting Fifty-Fifth, Ehrling Bergquist Clinic encourage you to learn a bit more about the advancement of their craft
May 6, 2016 CCRI: preparedness is key The 55th Wing is gearing up for a Cyber Command Readiness Inspection May 23-27.The inspection, conducted by the Defense Information Systems Agency, will focus on network security, infrastructure, wireless technologies and network defense. Inspectors will also be looking for information on the 55th
May 6, 2016 AF leader shares life-long love of nursing Air Force Deputy Surgeon General and Chief of the Nurse Corps Maj. Gen. Dorothy Hogg shares her career story.
May 2, 2016 Dining like a Diplomat More than twenty Team Offutt members attended the “Dining like a Diplomat” event at the Patriot Club April 20. “Dining like a Diplomat” is an etiquette training course that teaches proper protocol and skills for social and business situations. The course covered a wide array of topics such as table
April 29, 2016 Air National Guard E&I Team - saving U.S. Strategic Command millions Select personnel from 15 Air National Guard Engineering and Installation organizations are either in place or will soon arrive at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Before the next three years have passed, they will have installed more than 600 miles of cabling in support of the U.S. Strategic
April 29, 2016 557th meteorologist earns Weather Civilian of the Year Air Force officials recently announced a member of the 557th Weather Wing as the Weather Civilian of the Year.Samantha Strong-Henninger, 16th Weather Squadron meteorologist, has been working for the 557th WW for three years."I began my career as an intern with the 557th WW, what was then the Air
April 29, 2016 Fallen weather Airman honored Members of the 557th Weather Wing gathered for a remembrance ceremony in honor of Capt. Nathan Nylander, a fallen weather Airman, April 27.Nylander was a weather officer with the 25th Operational Weather Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., who was killed in Afghanistan along with eight
April 29, 2016 Public service week honors civilian contributions to AF Public Service Recognition Week, which runs from May 1-7, provides an opportunity to recognize more than 2 million public employees who protect the nation through service in the armed forces. More than 176,000 of them are Air Force civilian full-time, part-time, term, temporary and non-appropriated
April 29, 2016 Goldfein nominated as 21st CSAF Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced April 26 that the president has nominated Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein to be the 21st chief of staff of the Air Force, succeeding Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, who has served in the position since 2012.
April 25, 2016 Offutt Diversity Team hosts sexual assault awareness event The Offutt Diversity Team is hosting a sexual assault awareness event at 1 p.m. April 27 in the 557th Weather Wing auditorium here.The event, titled “Got Consent?” will feature a skit performed by Sexual Assault Response Coordinator victim advocates, followed by a mock trial.U.S. Air Force Senior
April 25, 2016 AF children’s health: Caring for AF’s littlest heroes (This is the fourth AFMS article for the Military Children’s Health Month series) As we salute military children, we take a look at how the Air Force cares for its littlest heroes. In today’s military community, the number of active-duty-member children is almost equal to the number of active duty
April 25, 2016 AFMS tradition of family and pediatric medicine (This is the second AFMS article for the Military Children's Health Month series) When the Air Force cares for family members—it is ultimately taking care of the Airman, whether in garrison, on deployment, or at home. “When Airmen deploy into an uncertain environment, they can count on one thing to
April 25, 2016 Autism awareness (This is the fifth AFMS article for the Military Children’s Health Month series.)One in 68 children in the U.S. has been identified as having autism, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Autism, a general term for autism spectrum disorder, is a developmental disorder which
April 25, 2016 Two highly sought-after acts added to air show While the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are set as the headliner of the 2016 Offutt Defenders of Freedom Open House and Air Show July 30-31, other performers are starting to fill up the schedule. One of the most anticipated and highly sought after performers who have recently joined the mix is the
April 25, 2016 USSTRATCOM detects, tracks North Korean submarine missile launch U.S. Strategic Command systems detected and tracked what was assessed as a North Korean submarine missile launch from the Sea of Japan at 4:29 a.m. CDT on April 23.
April 25, 2016 Bellevue-Offutt Runway Run returns The Bellevue-Offutt Runway Run is returning to Offutt Air Force Base May 8.The annual event, which began in 2008, is a seven-mile run, which starts at the Lied Activity Center in Bellevue, Neb., continues onto Offutt, goes up and down the runway and then back to the center.The run is open to all