News

Oct. 17, 2014

B-52 Stratofortresses to participate in NATO exercise

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) assigned \r\nB-52 Stratofortress bombers will conduct two long-range flights to the U.S. European Command area of operations this month, where they will participate in NATO Exercise NOBLE JUSTIFICATION.

Oct. 17, 2014

U.S. Strategic Command to conduct command, control exercise

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), one of nine U.S. unified commands under the Department of Defense, will conduct Exercise GLOBAL THUNDER 15 with components and tasks forces beginning Oct. 20, 2014. In coordination with other combatant commands, services and appropriate U.S. government agencies, USSTRATCOM conducts global operations to deter and detect strategic attacks against the U.S. and its allies, and is prepared to defend the nation as directed.

Sept. 29, 2014

U.S. Strategic Command Conducts Training Event with Strategic Deterrence Forces

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) conducted a nuclear command and control exercise Sept. 22 in conjunction with air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests.

Sept. 25, 2014

DOD Signs Space Data Sharing Agreement with UK

U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) signed a Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data sharing agreement with the United Kingdom Sept. 23, 2014, during a Combined Space Operations Principals’ Meeting in Ottawa, Canada.

Sept. 24, 2014

USSTRATCOM commander highlights triad during D.C., Kings Bay visits

Adm. Cecil D. Haney, U.S. Strategic Command commander, traveled to Washington D.C. and Kings Bay, Ga. Sept 18-19 to discuss strategic deterrence, the nuclear triad and celebrate a major milestone.

Sept. 23, 2014

Stratcom, DoD Sign Space Operations Agreement With Allies

Officials from the Defense Department, U.S. Strategic Command and three allied nations signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday on combined space operations to strengthen deterrence, enhance resilience and optimize resources.

Sept. 18, 2014

Give for Good

Offutt AFB members will again be able to participate in the 2014 Combined Federal Campaign, which begins Sept. 16 and runs for six weeks. The program started in the early 1960's when U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Chairman of the Civil Service Commission John W. Macy Jr. consolidated all federal fundraising into a single campaign.

Sept. 5, 2014

DoD Agrees to Share Space Data with South Korea

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2014 -- The Defense Department has signed a memorandum of understanding to share space situational awareness data with South Korea's Defense Ministry, Pentagon officials said today.

Aug. 29, 2014

USSTRATCOM enters into Space-Data Sharing Agreement with EUMETSAT

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) announced today it entered into a new Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data-sharing agreement with the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).

Aug. 27, 2014

B-2 Spirits return from Pacific deployment

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Three B-2 Spirit bombers and more than 220 Airmen from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., recently returned from a three-week deployment to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, where they conducted routine training and weapons sorties throughout the U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility.