Offutt AFB

The 55th Wing's Warhawk Mission Statement

Fix and fly planes safely to arm combatant commanders with dominant intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), electromagnetic spectrum operations (EMSO), and nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) for decisive warfighter actions and national security outcomes... anytime, anyplace.

The 55^th Wing is the host unit of Offutt AFB, the largest wing in Air Combat Command and the second largest in the Air Force. As a warfighting unit, the Fightin' Fifty-Fifth executes all five of the Air Force's core missions and is comprised of more than 7,800 personnel organized into six groups operating at six different geographic locations around the globe.

Offutt AFB is also home to United States Strategic Command, the 557^th Weather Wing (America’s Weather Wing), the 95^th Wing, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency CONUS Annex, and various tenant units.

Offutt AFB hosts a variety of aircraft to include the RC-135V/W Rivet Joint, RC-135S Cobra Ball, RC-135U Combat Sent, WC-135W Constant Phoenix, E-4B National Airborne Operations Center, and the U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury.

Weather

Offutt Air Force Base is located in an area that is subject to severe seasonal weather. There are occasional wind chill warnings, ice, sleet, and snow in the winter, as well as thunderstorms with the potential for tornados in the spring/summer/fall. Personnel arriving by car in the winter months should ensure their vehicle is winterized, emergency items are on hand, and that drivers are familiar with safe winter driving.

Local warning systems are excellent, both on and off base. To contact the Snow and Information line regarding base closures, please call 402-232-COLD(2653).

Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System (AFPAAS)

It is important to update your and your family's information on AFPAAS, https://afpaas.af.mil.

Passports and Visas

If applicable, service member's and/or dependents are not allowed to final out-process without the required passports/visas in hand for themselves and/or dependents.

These actions are necessary to prevent unforeseen hardships to the military member and their family.

Defense Service Network (DSN) Dialing Instructions

DSN is the provider of long-distance communications service for the Department of Defense (DoD). Every installation has a special DSN number and the numbers vary by world-wide location.

In order to place a call using DSN, the caller must be using a military phone on an installation. Cell phones cannot dial DSN numbers.

When dialing a DSN number for a US installation to another US installation, it is unnecessary to dial the DSN area code. When dialing a DSN number to/from overseas locations, the DSN area code must be included.

Offutt AFB commercial base numbers have the prefix of 294 or 232. The DSN prefix is 271 for the 294 numbers and 272 for the 232 numbers.

The local area code for Offutt AFB is 402.