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  • Guest speaker Rachael Frost, Master Investigator IV for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in California, speaks during a Domestic Violence Awareness Month Presentation Oct. 2, 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. . Bringing awareness to the issues of domestic violence is one way to decrease the shame, guilt and stigma victims feel and bring about education on this topic and where to go for services. (U.S. Air Force photo by L. Cunningham)

    Presentation kicks off domestic violence awareness month

    Team Offutt kicked off Domestic Violence Awareness Month by having a Riverside County, California investigator provide a presentation Oct. 2 entitled, “Missing You: The Relationship between Mass Homicides and Domestic Violence.”
  • Alternative medicine sticks around at Offutt

    Alternative medicine sticks around at Offutt

    In 2015, Offutt’s Ehrling Bergquist Clinic began using Battle Field Acupuncture as an alternative pain management technique. The popularity of this treatment has continued to grow at Offutt, which now has 25 trained physician acupuncturists on staff. “We use it to treat pain for just about any source,” said Dr. (Lt. Col.) Dillon Savard, 55th Medical Operations Squadron director of medical education. “It’s a fast treatment that’s effective for a lot of people.”
  • Guest speaker Dr. Aelwen Wetherby, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, speaks at a POW/MIA Remembrance Luncheon Sept. 19 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The Remembrance luncheon was sponsored by the Air Force Sergeants Association chapter here at Offutt AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by L. Cunningham)

    Team Offutt honors POW/MIA Day in week of remembrance

    The third Friday of September is observed as POW/MIA Recognition Day across the U.S. each year. For 2018, the day fell on Sept. 21. Team Offutt gathered to celebrate and remember the sacrifices of prisoners of war and those missing in action by holding a 24-hour vigil run Sept. 14, and a remembrance luncheon Sept. 19, at Offutt Air Force Base,
  • Airman 1st Class Latasha Blake, left, and Airman 1st Class Tashawnie Ormsby, 55th Force Suport Squadron Sustainment Services Flight food services journeymen, pose for a photo with a boxed meal and a tablet they use to view orders placed online through the new virtual Meal Ordering system Sept. 21, 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The new systems allows for faster service and more accessible ordering. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob Skovo)

    Sustainment Services Flight upgrades to virtual Meal Ordering system

    The 55th Force Support Squadron Sustainment Services Flight is welcoming a new level of innovation to the boxed meal program. Now, customers are able to order flight and ground support meals from the Alert Campisi Dining Facility through a new virtual Meal Ordering system. vMO, the result of a conversation Airman 1st Class Tashawnie Ormsby and Airman 1st Class Latasha Blake, Sustainment Services Flight food services journeymen, had with their leadership on the issues surrounding the previous boxed meal program, went live on Sept. 11, 2018. Before this new web-based ordering system, Team Offutt and its many visitors would hand in paper forms or send scanned copies via email to place an order.
  • Jaiya Patillo, a Junior Olympian, poses for a photo outside the Offutt Field House on Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, 2018. After spending a considerable amount of time training at Offutt, Jaiya chose to represent the Air Force on her track apparel for Amateur Athletic Union track meets. (Courtesy Photo)

    Six-time Junior Olympian trains at Offutt Field House

    When U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Sheree Patillo, U.S. Strategic Command Total Force Engineering Installation Team detachment commander and her family arrived at Offutt Air Force Base in May 2017, they had no idea they were coming to the home of Department of Defense’s largest fitness center, nor that it would have a 700-meter indoor track.She and her
  • U.S. Air Force Capt. Adam Sema, 338th Combat Training Squadron student pilot, reviews the takeoff data sheet of a Cessna 172F aircraft Sept. 14, 2018, at the LeMay Aero Club on Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The club offers in person group study as well as assisting participants with online course work to become certified pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Charles J. Haymond)

    LeMay Aero Club offers flight lessons to Team Offutt

    The LeMay Aero Club and Flight Training Center, formally known as the SAC Aero Club, was the first flying club in the Armed Forces. The club provides low cost flight training for Team Offutt. The center has multiple Federal Aviation Administration certified flight instructors available to assist the members obtaining their certifications. After completing the examinations and becoming certified the new pilots are qualified to rent planes from us to travel anywhere in the lower 48 states with friends or family, under Visual Flight Rule restrictions.

  • Excel with a Mentor program assists transitioning service members

    Excel with a Mentor is a voluntary program that familiarizes transitioning service members with the civilian corporate setting to gain realistic career perspectives. The program is part of the newly founded non-profit, Boots and Suits United, Inc., which links service members separating or retiring from the military with civilian mentors experienced in the corporate workforce of the Omaha metro area.
  • Participants in an Excellence in Competition pistol contest review their scores Aug. 30, 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Competitors who score in the top ten percent will have qualified to wear a badge in uniform distinguish themselves and excellent shots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kendra Williams)

    Combat Arms hosts pistol competition

    One hundred twenty service members competed in an Excellence in Competition pistol match Aug. 30, 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The 55th Security Forces Squadron’s Combat Arms unit organized the event which served as a safe way for service members to compete in marksmanship among their peers.
  • Senior Airman Zachary, Offutt Air Force Base Honor Guard member, lays a wreath and roses next to a piece of C-130 wreckage from 60528, an aircraft which was shot down in the Cold War, during a remembrance ceremony held Aug. 30, 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The ceremony was attended by members of the 97th Intelligence Squadron, the Prop Wash Gang, a group of retired ISR operators, family members and fellow wingman to the fallen. (U.S. Air Force photo by L. Cunningham)

    97th IS, Prop Wash Gang host remembrance ceremony honoring crewmembers of 60528

    The 97th Intelligence Squadron and the Prop Wash Gang hosted a 60528 remembrance ceremony Aug. 30, 2018 at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska to honor 17 crewmembers who lost their lives 60 years ago. The number 60528 was the tail number of a C-130 modified to fly reconnaissance missions. On Sept. 2, 1958, the aircraft inadvertently entered restricted airspace over the Turkish and Armenian border where it was intercepted and shot down by Soviet MiG-17 aircraft. It crashed near the village of Sasnashen, 34 miles northwest of Yerevan, the Armenian capital.
  • The logo for the 2018 USAF birthday ball. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Josh Plueger)

    USAF 71st Birthday Ball

    The 55th Wing is scheduled to celebrate the U.S. Air Force Birthday Ball September 22, 2018, in Omaha, Nebraska. By some accounts military balls are thought to have started sometime during the 16th century in England. “Every year we celebrate the U.S. Air Force birthday with a ball,” said Master Sgt. Jacqueline Marquez, 55th Security Forces
  • Michael Nugent, RE/MAX Skydiving Team, floats down to the ground while carrying the United States’ flag during the 2018 Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show Aug. 11, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

    2018 Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show

    After a one-year hiatus, Offutt’s Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show, the largest joint service air show in the Midwest, returned to the Offutt flight line, Aug. 11-12, 2018. According to event organizers, more than 105,000 people attended the event that featured multiple aerial demonstrations as well as static aircraft displays, military working dog demonstrations and a variety of vendors and informational booths.
  • U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Manion, 55th Wing commander, presents a Bronze Star Medal certificate to Tech. Sgt. William Adams, 55th Strategic Communications Squadron tactical radio supervisor, Aug. 7, 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The Bronze Star Medal is a United States decoration awarded to members of the U.S. armed forces for heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone. (U.S. Air Force photo by Zachary Hada)

    Offutt Airman recognized with Bronze Star

    A tactical radio supervisor, assigned to the 55th Strategic Communications Squadron was awarded the Bronze Star Medal Aug. 7, 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.The medal was presented to Tech. Sgt. William Adams for his meritorious achievements during a yearlong deployment to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.The Bronze Star Medal, is a United
  • U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Manion, 55th Wing commander, left, presents the guidon of the 55th Maintenance Group (MXG) to U.S. Air Force Col. Todd Hammond, the incoming 55th MXG commander, during a change of command ceremony July 25, 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base (AFB), Nebraska. The 55th MXG has operational control of three squadrons and provides centralized direction of all maintenance staff functions for Offutt AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Zachary Hada)

    55th MXG holds change of command ceremony

    The 55th Maintenance Group held a change of command ceremony Aug. 3, 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.Officiated by Col. Mike Manion, 55th Wing commander, the ceremony saw Col. Todd Hammond assume command of the group as Col. Clayton Seale relinquished command. The Airmen of the group maintain all assigned and transient aircraft equipment,
  • An Offutt-based RC-135V/W Rivet Joint takes flight Aug. 5, 2018 at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The aircraft was flown during a unique training sortie with a flight and mission-crew comprised almost exclusively of reserve component Airmen. The aircraft is an extensively modified C-135. The Rivet Joint's modifications are primarily related to its on-board sensor suite, which allows the mission-crew to detect, identify and geolocate signals throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. The mission-crew can then forward gathered information in a variety of formats to a wide range of consumers via Rivet Joint's extensive communications suite. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Drew Nystrom)

    Weekend-duty: Total Force Integration more than a buzz phrase at Offutt

    Innovation, which increases readiness, reduces costs, returns time back to Airmen and increases lethality, doesn’t have to involve software upgrades, new weapon systems or a rewrite of a regulation. Members of Team Offutt recently proved this when, for the first time, a RC-135V/W Rivet Joint flew a weekend training sortie with a flight and mission crew made up almost exclusively of Airmen from the reserve components Aug. 5, 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
  • Airman 1st Class Ebony Crawford, 595th Strategic Communication Squadron strategic software programmer, who led the iPhone programming section for the 2018 Air and Space Show app, reviews the code for the program June 6, 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. This year’s app will involve live updates on parking and performers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Hammes)

    595th SCS Airmen create air show app

    Airmen with the 595th Strategic Communications Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, launched the 2018 Air and Space Show app for Android and iPhone Aug. 1, 2018.Coding apps is a challenging job for many programmers, and this was one of the first projects the Airmen workedair on after arriving at Offutt AFB after technical training.“I didn’t
  • 170th Group Citizen Airmen, assigned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, prepare their raft for rough seas, simulated by Staff Sgt. Kevin Battista, 55th Operational Support Squadron Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist, while participating in water survival and rescue training July 14, 2018. The aircrew members were briefed on the availability and use of tools contained in their survival gear before putting academics and theory to the test in the waters of a local lake.

    Offutt-based Citizen Airmen practice water survival skills

    Thirty-five 170th Group Citizen Airmen, assigned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, participated in water survival and rescue training, administered by active-duty Survival Evasion Resistance Escape instructors, July 14, 2018, during monthly inactive duty training.
  • Airmen stand at home plate of TD Ameritrade Park for game one of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men’s College World Series Omaha, Nebraska, June 26, 2018.

    Team Offutt displays Honor at 2018 College World Series

    Airmen stand at home plate of TD Ameritrade Park for game one of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men’s College World Series Omaha, Nebraska, June 26, 2018. The Offutt Air Force Base Airmen were the most recent to return from deployment. Each received a wooden bat with their name and rank engraved into it. (U.S Air Force photo/Josh
  • Members of the In-Place Patient Decontamination Team decontaminate a simulated patient during a product evaluation at the Ehrling Bergquist Clinic June 7, 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The team set up, operated and tore down the systems several times to determine the merits of each candidate system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

    55th MDG tests new patient decontamination systems

    The 55th Medical Group field tested three new patient decontamination systems at Offutt Air Force Base’s Ehrling Bergquist Clinic June 4 - 8, 2018. The tests, part of an Air Force Medical Evaluation Support Activity pilot program, were held to see which system has the potential to be deployed to medical units throughout the Air Force.
  • Airmen and family members from the 557th Weather Wing pose for a group photo in front of the Eastern Nebraska Veterans’ Home May 28, 2018, Bellevue, Nebraska. The group volunteered to assist the ENVH in hosting their Memorial Day ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

    2nd WS continues volunteering tradition at veterans’ home

    Service members from the 557th Weather Wing’s 2nd Weather Squadron – as well as other wing units – volunteered to assist in hosting Memorial Day ceremonies May 28, 2018, at the Eastern Nebraska Veterans’ Home in Bellevue, Nebraska. The effort has become a squadron tradition which brings together multiple generations of veterans to remember those who gave their lives in service.
  • Teammates Airman 1st Class Aubry Burkhardt, Airman 1st Class Madison Farley and Airman Aminah Griffin, 55th Force Support Squadron Sustainment Flight food service apprentices, compete in a top chef competition May 31, 2018 at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Burkhardt, Farley and Griffin, won the competition and earned a traveling trophy and a day off from work. (U.S. Air Force photo by Charles J. Haymond)

    Dining halls face off in top chef competition

    The 55th Force Support Squadron Sustainment Flight hosted a top chef competition May 31, 2018, at the King dining facility at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The contestants set aside the regular menu list and developed their own meal plans and plating methods for the judges. The competitors received three kinds of meats, four different
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