OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, May 12 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: A B-1B Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, conducted a second long-range strategic Bomber Task Force mission to the European area of operations, May 11, 2020. A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, enabled the B-1 to make the trip from Ellsworth Air Force Base and back without stopping. The flight included integration a  more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, May 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: Offutt Air Force Base achieved a critical step towards moving network operations to a commercially managed service when an Operational Readiness Review was completed March 23. The review focused on Network as a Service, which is one of three lines of effort under the Enterprise IT as a Service initiative implemented in 2018 to improve Air Force IT and to allow active-duty communi  more

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, May 11 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) demonstrated the readiness and global reach of its long-range strategic bombers during a mission spanning the U.S. European Command and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command geographic areas of responsibility, May 7. USSTRATCOM coordinated this mission with combatant commands and components across multiple geographic areas to exercise theater communications with strategic as  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, May 16 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, awarded a $7.1 million construction contract Wednesday to Michels Corporation of Brownsville, Wisconsin, to repair the Pender - Logan Creek Right Bank levee system in Pender, Nebraska. This is the 17th contract the Omaha District has awarded to repair the tributary systems damaged during the March 2019 flood. This contract will fully r  more