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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.
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.
Beale AFB: 39th Intelligence Squadron: Hurlburt Field: Redesignated 39th Info Ops Sq 41st Intelligence Squadron: Fort Meade: Vikings: Activated 8 October 2014 42d Intelligence Squadron: Langley AFB: 43d Intelligence Squadron
Offutt Air Force Base: Bellevue: Nebraska: Air Combat Command: 55th Wing: The 55th Wing and Nebraska Air National Guard's 170th Group operate a range of OC-135, RC-135 and WC-135 aircraft in the intelligence gathering, reconnaissance and surveillance roles.
The 55th Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command.The wing is primarily stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, but maintains one of its groups and associated squadrons at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, as a geographically separated unit.
The 338th Combat Training Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 55th Operations Group, stationed at Offut Air Force Base, Nebraska.The 338 CTS performs the initial, requalification, and upgrade training as the RC-135 "Rivet Joint", "Cobra Ball", and "Combat Sent" Formal Training Unit (FTU).
In 1940, as American involvement in World War II loomed, the U.S. Army Air Corps chose Offutt Field as the site for a new bomber plant that was to be operated by the Glenn L. Martin Company. The plant's construction included a two-mile-long (3.2 km) concrete runway, six large hangars, and a 1,700,000-square-foot (39-acre; 160,000 m 2 ) aircraft ...
The 343d Reconnaissance Squadron is a United States Air Force unit part of the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. It operates the RC-135V/W Rivet Joint aircraft conducting reconnaissance missions.