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The 1st Weather Group is part of the 557th Weather Wing's worldwide organizational force of more than 1,100 professionals. The 1st WXG manning consists of active duty, reserve, civilian and contract personnel and is headquartered on Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
The 2nd SYOS is a 128-member squadron of military and civilian professionals, assigned to the 2nd Weather Group at Offutt Air Force Base, NE, that provides strategic-to operational-level specialized airpower by uniquely supporting the communication, computing, and programming needs of the highly-technical, data intensive Air Force Weather global enterprise.
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.
The United States Air Force's 55th Mobile Command and Control Squadron (55 MCCS) was a mobile command and control unit located at Offutt AFB, Nebraska. History [ edit ]
It has over 1,800 active-duty, reserve, civilian and contract personnel and is headquartered on Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, with a $175 million annual budget. Weather forecasts are produced using numerical weather prediction software, such as the Weather Research and Forecasting model and the Unified Model .
United States Air Force: Role: Command and Control: Part of: Air Force Global Strike Command. Eighth Air Force; Garrison/HQ: Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska: Decorations: Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Air Force Organizational Excellence Award: Insignia; 595th Command and Control Group emblem (approved 5 December 2016) [1]
The 170th Group (170 GP) grew out of Detachment 1 of Headquarters Nebraska Air National Guard, which was established in June 2002. It gathers members of the Nebraska Air National Guard stationed at Offutt Air Force Base into a single administrative unit as part of the "Future Total Force Initiative."
Jarvis Offutt – U.S. Army Air Service aviator and namesake of Offutt Air Force Base; Robin Olds – Two-war triple flying ace; George Olesen – Cartoonist; Patrick O'Neal – Film actor; Robert Osborne – Actor, film historian and author best known as the primary host of the cable channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM) for more than 20 years