Dec. 20, 2019 Offutt wreath ceremony: remembers, honors The annual Wreaths Across America ceremony was held Dec. 14, 2019, at the Offutt Air Force Base cemetery. Wreaths now lean on each headstone, with eight ceremonial wreaths on large easels prominently placed at the front of the cemetery, honoring the four armed services, the Coast Guard, the Merchant
Dec. 2, 2019 Appointments for TRICARE Plus patients will soon be limited The Ehrling Bergquist Clinic will soon be changing how appointments are scheduled in their Family Health and Family Medicine Residency clinics due to a loss of providers.
Nov. 26, 2019 Offutt Air Force Base Exchange Expands Shopping Privileges The Offutt Air Force Base Exchange will welcome home disabled Veterans, Purple Heart recipients and certain caregivers with in-store shopping privileges beginning Jan. 1.
Nov. 4, 2019 557th WW realigns under new information warfare NAF The 557th Weather Wing has been reassigned to the Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber).The reassignment ceremony, held at the 557th WW’s headquarters here Oct. 29, was attended by commanders from Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) and Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern), its former
Nov. 1, 2019 New NAF commander visits Team Offutt The commander of the recently established Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) visited here Oct. 28-30. The visit marked Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh’s first as commander of the new information warfare Numbered Air Force, which was re-activated Oct. 11.
Oct. 18, 2019 POW/MIA: You are not forgotten The smell of aircraft fuel consumed the air and dark clouds filled the sky as he drove onto Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. During his routine morning route, he noticed something out of the ordinary. He thought he glanced the site of a flag, moving as if it were running the path around the parade
Oct. 18, 2019 The ice brings brotherhood to disabled veterans On Oct. 3 – 6, 2019, the Nebraska Warriors hockey team travelled to Las Vegas, Nevada, to participate in the fourth annual United States of America Hockey Warrior Classic.
Oct. 11, 2019 October is Air Force Energy Action Month The Air Force has designated October as “Energy Action Month” to highlight the critical role energy plays in Air Force operations and to encourage smart energy use and management. The theme this year is “Energy Able – Mission Capable” to showcase how efficient energy use increases mission capability
Oct. 11, 2019 The 55th FSS resource management flight is the best The 55th Force Support Squadron resource management flight was recently presented the 2018 Air Force Resource Management Flight of the Year award.
Oct. 9, 2019 Retiree Appreciation Day celebrates five decades of service Team Offutt is scheduled to host its 50th annual Retiree Appreciation Day Oct. 19, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Offutt Exchange.This annual event will offer a variety of free services to retirees, spouses, widows and widowers from more than 20 on-base organizations.The event is sponsored by the Offutt
Oct. 9, 2019 Minnesota visitors receive surprise visit to Offutt In what was an absolute surprise to all of them, 82 people from Southeastern Minnesota toured Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Sept. 19, 2019. The visit was part of three-day mystery tour to Western Iowa and Eastern Nebraska offered by Home Federal Savings Bank, a local bank. “When they left
Oct. 4, 2019 Offutt Pharmacy fills need for exceptional patient Born 1-pound, 4-ounces, Emma Waechter’s delicate frame stays warm within the confines of a neonatal intensive care unit’s isolette bed - its protective enclosure would be her world for the next four-months.
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. 30, 2019 Offutt Airman involved in incident An active duty member from Offutt Air Force Base and their spouse are dead following an incident Sept. 28 at a home in Rising View, Offutt’s privatized housing area in Bellevue.Law enforcement officials from Offutt and Sarpy County responded to a call at the home around 8:15 p.m.The two individuals
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. 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. 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. 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