Oct. 22, 2019

Omaha Trophy Presented to 117th Air Refueling Wing

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The 117th Air Refueling Wing was the first Air National Guard unit to receive the Omaha Trophy here on Saturday.The 117 ARW won the award in the strategic aircraft category in recognition of the outstanding mission performance with the U.S. Strategic Command.The ceremony was conducted in the maintenance hangar with about 700 people in attendance

Oct. 18, 2019

U.S. Strategic Command Conducts Exercise GLOBAL THUNDER linked with VIGILANT SHIELD

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Exercises GLOBAL THUNDER and VIGILANT SHIELD 20 commenced today to provide integrated training opportunities for U.S. Strategic Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command.USSTRATCOM leads GLOBAL THUNDER 20, an annual command and control exercise that provides training opportunities that assess all USSTRATCOM

Oct. 8, 2019

USSTRATCOM J10 director retires; Celebrates 35-Year Air Force Career

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — The director of Reserve forces and mobilization assistant to the commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), Maj. Gen. Richard J. Evans III, retired from the U.S. Air Force Oct. 1, 2019, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

Sept. 23, 2019

Barksdale AFB bomb wings support Cobra Warrior

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFNS) — The exercise featured more than 50 fighter aircraft from Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Israel. The large-scale exercise, based out of RAF Waddingham, United Kingdom, had aircraft flying in simultaneously to participate in peer-to-peer scenarios.

Sept. 12, 2019

Cal Poly first university to sign SSA agreement with USSTRATCOM

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) expanded the space situational awareness (SSA) program to academic institutions by signing the first such agreement with California Polytechnic (Cal Poly) State University, August 28, 2019.

Sept. 1, 2019

September Enlisted Corps Spotlight

Offutt Air Force Base — Staff Sgt. Samantha MacKinnon, noncommissioned officer in charge of indications and warnings for U.S. Strategic Command’s intelligence directorate, hails from Saranac, Mich., and has 6 years of military service.Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions?A: I manage a program that monitors threats and provides leadership with the

Aug. 2, 2019

10th Annual USSTRATCOM Deterrence Symposium Focuses on Great Power Competition

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — More than 650 deterrence experts from 13 countries around the globe gathered at La Vista Conference Center in Omaha, Nebraska, July 31 – Aug. 1, during U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) 10th Annual Deterrence Symposium to discuss deterrence and assurance in an era of great competition.

Aug. 1, 2019

August Enlisted Corps Spotlight

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — U.S. Navy Chief Yeoman (IW) Amanda McNeely, assistant operational support officer for the U.S. Strategic Command reserve directorate, hails from Grafton, North Dakota, and has 15 years of military service.

July 2, 2019

USS Alaska (SSBN 732) Arrives at HMNB Clyde

HER MAJESTY’S NAVAL BASE CLYDE, Scotland — The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Alaska (SSBN 732) arrives at Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde, Scotland, for a scheduled port visit July 2, 2019.

June 30, 2019

July Enlisted Corps Spotlight

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — U.S. Air Force Airman Sebastian Vreeburg, a Security Force Entry Controller, Bravo Fleet, hails from Castro Valley, California, and has 1 year of military service.