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The United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands in the United States Department of Defense. Headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base , Nebraska, USSTRATCOM is responsible for strategic nuclear deterrence , global strike , and operating the Defense Department's Global Information Grid .
Offutt Air Force Base / ˈ ɒ f ʌ t / (IATA: OFF, ICAO: KOFF, FAA LID: OFF) is a U.S. Air Force base south of Omaha, adjacent to Bellevue in Sarpy County, Nebraska.It is the headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), the 557th Weather Wing, and the 55th Wing (55 WG) of the Air Combat Command (ACC), the latter serving as the host unit.
U.S. Marine Corps Forces Strategic Command was established on 1 October 2003. [1] MARFORSTRAT is responsible for representing Marine Corps interests to the Commander of Strategic Command, advising the Commander on supporting Marine Forces, and advising other Marine Corps Forces on electronic and space warfare. Its headquarters at Offut Air ...
Offutt Air Force Base, south of Omaha and adjacent to Bellevue, Nebraska, became the headquarters of the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command in 1948, and continues as the headquarters of U.S. Strategic Command. The museum, then located at Offutt, began with its first airplane in 1959 as the Strategic Aerospace Museum.
Lockheed is being hired to support STRATCOM's operations for the period from fiscal 2013 to fiscal 2018, with work on the current award expected to be complete by Jan. 31, 2018.
Shield Major Command Headquarters Current Commander Mission Air Combat Command (ACC): Langley AFB, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, U.S.: Gen Kenneth S. Wilsbach: To support the global implementation of national security strategy, ACC operates fighter, reconnaissance, battle-management, and electronic-combat aircraft
Namesake: 1st Lt Jarvis Offutt. Strategic Air Command HQ 1948–1992 1st Air Division (Meterorological Survey) 1955–1956; 5th Air Division 1951 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1966–1991; 55th Wing 1991–1992; 385th Strategic Aerospace Wing 1962–1964; 544th Aerospace Reconnaissance Tech. Wing 1963–1979; 544th Intelligence Wing 1991 ...
On 1 October 2002, as U.S. Space Command inactivated, a new U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, stood up. Within STRATCOM, the responsibilities for space operations were initially managed by the Joint Functional Component Command for Space and Global Strike, led by the commander of the Air Force's Eighth Air Force. [14]