Leaders at the Pentagon have significantly altered how military officials will speak with Congress after a pair of new memos issued this month.
- Julie Anderson Omaha World-Herald
The Offutt Advisory Council will hold a food drive at Hy-Vee stores in Papillion and Plattsmouth and a diaper and wipe drive the weekend of Oct. 31 to help military and civilian families in need.
- J.B. Artley 55th Wing Public Affairs
Buddy the Elf and the Grinch spread holiday cheer while volunteers handed out toys to 216 Families at the Airman’s Attic second annual toy drive at Offutt Air Force Base.
- Chad Watkins 55th Wing Public Affairs
Bellevue Chamber of Commerce members joined other local community leaders and Offutt Air Force Base’s first sergeants as part of Operation Holiday Cheer to assemble gift bags.
- Destiny Walker 55th Wing Public Affairs
The annual Wreaths Across America Day ceremony was held Dec. 14, 2024, at the Fort Crook Post Cemetery on Offutt Air Force Base.
- Henry J. Cordes Omaha World-Herald
An $895 billion defense bill the Senate sent to the president’s desk Wednesday included more than $170 million for new facilities and programs at Offutt Air Force Base.
- Charles J. Haymond 55th Wing Public Affairs Office
The 55th Maintenance Squadron’s fuel cell team recently repaired a fuel tank on a WC-135 Constant Phoenix aircraft at Offutt Air Force Base.
Wounded Warriors Family Support, Operation Hat Trick and the University of Nebraska presented U.S. Army veteran Ben Marksmeier with a 2024 Chevy Silverado as part of the Mobility is Freedom program.
“If there had not been failure in the levees in 2019, Offutt would not have been flooded, nor would the levee have breached,” a Mills County official said of a toll bridge in Plattsmouth.
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — The 2023 Combine Federal Campaign officially started Sept. 1, 2023, and continues through Jan. 15, 2024.
Nebraska's Honor and Remember Chapter, aided by local JROTC cadets and volunteers, planted 200 trees at Prairie Queen Recreation Area, a part of the Nebraska Memorial Forest.
Dennis Pavlik, 91, represents a living link to missing service members on Friday's National POW/MIA Recognition Day. The Army veteran from Omaha is the last living Korean War POW in Nebraska.
The names of 147 residents of Nebraska and western Iowa who made the ultimate sacrifice were read at the ceremony.
- Scott Stewart
The names of 147 residents of Nebraska and western Iowa who made the ultimate sacrifice were read at the ceremony.
- Steve Liewer Omaha World-Herald
The RC-135W aircraft, built in 1962, landed safely Monday in Qatar with no injuries to its 24-member crew or damage to the plane.
- Grace Bellinghausen Sarpy County Times
On September 16, the Patriot Tour comes to Papillion's SumTur Amphitheater. Bikers, veterans, an astronaut, and politicians will unite for the event in support of veterans through awareness and fundraising.
- Scott Stewart
After 18 years serving Douglas County veterans, Dana Morris started as the director the Sarpy County Veterans Service Office on Wednesday.
- Scott Stewart
Sarpy County is among the latest entities to sign onto a recruiting initiative designed to facilitate the hiring of veterans as they exit military service.
- Kendra Williams 55th Wing Public Affairs
Twin Ridge Elementary School in Bellevue started a garden this past spring with a Department of Defense Education Activity STEM grant and is sharing its produce with Offutt Air Force Base Airman’s Attic food pantry.
- Steve Liewer Omaha World-Herald
The Blue Angels’ vapor trails had barely faded from the skies from last weekend’s Lincoln air show when Offutt Air Force Base’s 55th Wing announced the return of its own show next year for the first time since 2018.
- Steve Liewer Omaha World-Herald
A Nebraska Guard medic from Omaha raced to respond when she saw a car wreck on I-80. She became the first recipient of a new state medal for off-duty valor by Guard personnel.
- Steve Liewer Omaha World-Herald
The growing nuclear capabilities of China and North Korea are on the minds of many of the nearly 700 military and civilian experts attending a StratCom symposium this week in Omaha.
- Scott Stewart Council Bluffs Nonpareil
The Great Plains Wing of the Commemorative Air Force held its annual fly-in breakfast and open house Saturday, Aug. 5, at the Council Bluffs Municipal Airport.
- Cori Jobman Sarpy County Times
CHI Health Midlands recently opened its new Healing Pavillion for the VA Community Living Center housed in the facility.