Sept. 30, 2019 Partnership improves customer relations The Patient and Family Partnership Council formerly known as the Patient and Family Advisory Council received a new Defense Health Agency interim procedures memorandum in April. The name change provided more specific guidelines on the structure and procedures for the council.
Sept. 26, 2019 Offutt’s Maintenance Training System returns to full mission capable status After being offline and unavailable as a result of the March flood, Offutt’s Maintenance Training System has recently been returned to full mission capable status.
Sept. 26, 2019 Fire Prevention Week stirs up heroes In an effort to encourage Offutt community awareness of fire prevention, the Offutt Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association for this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign held Oct. 6-12, 2019.
Sept. 25, 2019 Changes are coming to the Transition Assistance Program Changes to the Transition Assistance Program process are scheduled to begin Oct. 1 that will replace the Veteran’s Opportunity to Work Act requirements with new TAP requirements.
Sept. 20, 2019 DHA ushers in new era for the Ehrling Bergquist Medical Clinic The Defense Health Agency will officially assume responsibility for administration and management of the Ehrling Bergquist Medical Clinic on Oct. 1, 2019. The transition is part of the Military Health System’s ongoing transformation efforts called for by Congress in the National Defense
Sept. 18, 2019 Offutt implements Operation HeRO Operation Health and Readiness Optimization, or Operation HeRO, is a new Air Force Health Promotion initiative that is being implemented this fall by the 55th Medical Group’s Health Promotion Office at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
Sept. 18, 2019 Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth members provide recovery support Members of the 55th Wing recently supported U.S. Northern Command response efforts to Hurricane Dorian, a Category 5 storm which devastated the Bahamas in early September.
Sept. 16, 2019 CMSAF to engage with ACC Airmen about resilliency through video games The chief master sergeant of the Air Force is scheduled to play video games with three Airmen from within Air Combat Command from 2 to 4 p.m. EDT Oct. 25, 2019, on the ACC Public Affairs YouTube channel — ACCNewsTV. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Senior Airmen JaNae Capuno)
Sept. 13, 2019 Commentary: Steps toward revitalization ongoing It’s been 182 days since the March 16th flood devastated 1/3 of Offutt Air Force Base. Since my arrival, I have been continually amazed by the resilience and can-do attitude of the Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth Airmen and our community partners. We lost no personnel and no aircraft, and the atmosphere
Sept. 12, 2019 Remembering 9/11 The Offutt Fire Department hosted a 9/11 commemorative ceremony inside the main fire station Sept. 11, 2019, here.
Sept. 12, 2019 557th WW trains its own to deploy anytime, everywhere Instructors from the 2nd Combat Weather Systems Squadron took on an unusual set of students, a class composed entirely of Airmen from a single unit. Airmen from the 25th Operational Weather Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, attended the Deployed Weather Systems Training class at
Sept. 6, 2019 557th WW holds first wing operational readiness exercise The 557th Weather Wing completed its first operational readiness exercise since standing up as an Air Combat Command wing.Held Aug. 19-23, Operational Readiness Exercise - Steel Colander tested the wing’s ability to deliver weather intelligence in a contested, degraded and operationally-limited
Sept. 6, 2019 Offutt Airman earns Hero Award for CFC involvement An aircraft maintenance officer assigned to the 83rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit here, earned the Combined Federal Campaign’s national level Hero Award for his impact to the CFC program at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, in 2018.
Aug. 29, 2019 Haugh takes command of Twenty-Fifth Air Force Maj. Gen. Timothy D. Haugh assumed command of Twenty-Fifth Air Force from Maj. Gen. Mary F. O’Brien during a change of command ceremony presided over by Gen. Mike Holmes, Air Combat Command commander here, Aug. 29, 2019.
Aug. 29, 2019 Offutt partners with USACE, gives tours to UNL students Students from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln receive tours of Offutt Air Force Base’s fueling system from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers August 23, 2019.
Aug. 29, 2019 Housing health, safety review ongoing Working to keep a promise, 55th Wing leadership conducted a thorough walk-through of the Offutt Air Force Base dormitories Aug. 9, 2019.
Aug. 28, 2019 Offutt restores training capabilities with new simulator A new aircrew training device is being built as part of an effort to replace the three ATDs destroyed in the March flood.
Aug. 23, 2019 Changes coming to gate operations Personnel entering and exiting the installation will notice changes to gate operations beginning immediately after Labor Day.Starting Sept. 3, 2019, the Kenney Gate will close daily from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following day, while the STRATCOM Gate’s vehicle search pit will now be closed on Saturdays
Aug. 23, 2019 Offutt Football Club to compete in 2019 Defender’s Cup The Offutt Football Club’s men’s varsity team is preparing for the 2019 Defender’s Cup National Military Soccer Tournament held at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2.The Defender’s Cup is a military soccer tournament that is open to any base- or post-level soccer team
Aug. 23, 2019 Offutt runway closure delayed 10 months The 55th Wing’s runway replacement at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, has been pushed back from December 2019 to October 2020.The ten-month delay of the runway closure allows for demolition and earthwork to begin before winter. This sets up the program to be in the asphalt and concrete work phase