Forensic anthropologists at Offutt Air Force Base have recently identified the remains of a missing World War II pilot who earned the Medal of Honor for his role in a spectacular 1943 raid on German oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania. DNA samples from relatives of Lt. Col. Addison Baker matched bones buried for decades at…
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…
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…
The proposed private-public facility in Bellevue would draw hundreds of six-figure jobs by Cindy Gonzalez, Nebraska Examiner February 10, 2022 The State of Nebraska might pitch in $20 million toward a proposed $80 million innovation and research hub that would strengthen national defense and house hundreds of local professionals earning six-figure salaries. Introduced by State…
