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Eighth Air Force activates 95th Wing
By Master Sgt. Rachel Waller, Eighth Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center Public Affairs OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Maj. Gen. Jason Armagost, commander Eighth Air Force and the Joint-Global Strike Operations Center, commemorated the recent activation of the 95th Wing during a ceremony at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, today. The 95th…
Offutt AFB to Conduct Active Shooter Exercise
Offutt Air Force Base announced that it will be conducting an Active Shooter Exercise sometime over the next seven days. An exact date and time were not given, though it will take place on or before Monday, March 25. During the exercise, there will be increased noise and activity, which will include the Mass Notification…
New Offutt Runway Set to Open on Friday
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — The end is in sight! After boarding more than 19,000 bus trips and racking up 1.2 million miles across I-80, Offutt Air Force Base’s new $168.9 million runway is scheduled to reopen Sept. 30, 2022. The 55th Wing and its mission partners have been operating their flying mission…
55th Wing’s A-Staff in Final Planning Stages
By 55th Wing Public Affairs The 55th Wing is closing in on its final planning stages for its A-Staff stand-up with Initial Operational Capability scheduled for Oct. 1, 2022. As part of its overall Combat Air Forces transformation, Air Combat Command directed all its wings to stand up an A-Staff in February 2022. “I couldn’t…
[UPDATE] Truly Amazing: Bellevue’s Jaiya Patillo Breaks Her Own Record Shortly After Bellevue Times Interview
That didn’t take long. Last week The Bellevue Times published a story about sensational, 13 year old sprinter Jaiya Patillo. In the story, we reported that she set a record by becoming the youngest girl to ever run 17 miles per hour on a treadmill. A few months after that, she broke her record by…
Sensational Jaiya Patillo Makes History As First Middle Schooler To Win An NCAA Meet
Most people in Bellevue might not realize that our community is home to one of the fastest middle schoolers in the country and quite possibly the world. Meet 13-Year-Old Jaiya Patillo. Jaiya is the #1 ranked seventh grade 400 meter female sprinter in the United States by Milesplit.com with a time of 57.60s (although she…
Offutt Eyes Fall Runway Reopening
By Mila Cisneros, AFIMSC Public Affairs After over a year of construction, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center-led project to replace aging runway infrastructure at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, is making steady progress and on track to have aircraft flying out of the installation by the fall of 2022. AFCEC launched phase one of the…