May 27, 2010 Lynn Thanks Offutt Airmen for Recon, Intel Support The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have pointed to the importance of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms, and today Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III thanked the airmen who provide much of that data.Lynn stopped to visit with and thank the men and women of the 55th Wing
May 4, 2010 Community shows appreciation with picnic, baseball game for Team Offutt As part of Military Appreciation Month this June, military members and their families in the greater Bellevue-Offutt community will be treated to a weekend of food, fun and friends.The fun starts with the annual Offutt Appreciation Day Picnic, which begins at 10 a.m., June 11 at the base lake. The
April 14, 2010 Tull Road dedication Tull Road, the newest road on Offutt AFB, was named after Lt. Col. Harrison Tull, a Tuskegee Airman during World War II and a former 55th Wing officer, who recently passed away in a ceremony here April 6. Colonel Tull served 27 years in the Air Force. To view the video of the Tull Road dedication,
Oct. 7, 2009 55th Wing realigns under 12th Air Force As part of the ongoing Nuclear Enterprise Transformation, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) gained the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale AFB, the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB and the 552nd Air Control Wing at Tinker AFB Oct. 1. This is the last realignment of non-bomber units from 8th Air Force to
Jan. 19, 2007 Operation Voices and Love If you're not sure how important it is for children to hear voices of loved ones during long deployment separations, a new local program can explain it very well.Operation Voices and Love, a program conceived by 11 year old Hunter and six year old Carter Fangmeyer, provides stuffed animals with