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8 unusual facts about Offutt Air Force Base


7th Space Warning Squadron

The unit then determines how many missiles in flight, probable destination, and reports to the North American Aerospace Defense Command's missile warning center, Cheyenne Mountain AFS; United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base; and National Command Authority.

Bruce K. Holloway

He became commander-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, on August 1, 1968, and remained in that position until his retirement from the Air Force in 1972.

Jack Ramsaur II

Major General Jack W. Ramsaur II (born c. 1952) is the mobilization assistant to the commander, United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

James O. Ellis

(born July 20, 1947) is a retired 4-star admiral and former Commander, United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

Lloyd R. Leavitt, Jr.

(born November 18, 1928) was an American Air Force lieutenant general who was vice commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

Offutt

Offutt Air Force Base, United States Air Force airbase in Sarpy County, Nebraska

San Gorgonio Mountain

The C-47 was en route from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska to March Air Force Base near Riverside, California when it struck the mountain at night in the middle of a storm.

Wayne G. Shear, Jr.

In 1993 he graduated with distinction from the College of Naval Command and Staff in Newport, Rhode Island, and was assigned to U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, as Chief, Engineering Branch.


Douglas C-133 Cargomaster

This aircraft had been at the Strategic Air and Space Museum at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska for many years and was donated to the AMC Museum when the SAS Museum moved in the late 1990s to its new location.

Richard L. Lawson

The general transferred to Headquarters Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, in September 1961 and served as a member of the European Force Application Team, Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff.

Sarpy County Historical Museum

The scale model of Fort Crook displays what the fort looked like prior to creation of the Glen L. Martin Bomber Plant and the Strategic Air Command.


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