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U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Stephen W. Wilson (third from left), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) deputy commander, and Mr. W. Gary Gates (third from right), Strategic Command Consultation (SCC) Committee member, present the 2015 Omaha Trophy, strategic aircraft category, to U.S. Air Force Col. Brian McDaniel (second from right), 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, during an award ceremony at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., March 14, 2016. Wilson and Gates presented the trophy, on behalf of USSTRATCOM and the SCC, to recognize the 92nd Air Refueling Wing’s contributions to USSTRATCOM’s global strategic missions. The Omaha Trophy, which dates back to the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Air Command, was originally created by the SCC in 1971. At the time, a single trophy was presented annually as a token of appreciation to USSTRATCOM’s best wing. Since then, the tradition has evolved to unit-level awards that recognize the command’s premier intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) wing, ballistic missile submarine, strategic bomber wing and global operations (space/cyberspace) unit. This year, a new category was added to include the combatant command’s top strategic aircraft wing. (USSTRATCOM photo by Dave Wells) Story Available : https://www.stratcom.mil/news/2016/595/-/
160314-D-AT012-004.JPG Photo By: Adam Hartman

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Stephen W. Wilson (third from left), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) deputy commander, and Mr. W. Gary Gates (third from right), Strategic Command Consultation (SCC) Committee member, present the 2015 Omaha Trophy, strategic aircraft category, to U.S. Air Force Col. Brian McDaniel (second from right), 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, during an award ceremony at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., March 14, 2016. Wilson and Gates presented the trophy, on behalf of USSTRATCOM and the SCC, to recognize the 92nd Air Refueling Wing’s contributions to USSTRATCOM’s global strategic missions. The Omaha Trophy, which dates back to the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Air Command, was originally created by the SCC in 1971. At the time, a single trophy was presented annually as a token of appreciation to USSTRATCOM’s best wing. Since then, the tradition has evolved to unit-level awards that recognize the command’s premier intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) wing, ballistic missile submarine, strategic bomber wing and global operations (space/cyberspace) unit. This year, a new category was added to include the combatant command’s top strategic aircraft wing. (USSTRATCOM photo by Dave Wells) Story Available : https://www.stratcom.mil/news/2016/595/-/


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