Editing Offutt Air Force Base (section)

==History==
Offutt AFB is named in honor of [[Jarvis Offutt|First Lieutenant Jarvis Jenness Offutt]] (26 October 1894 – 13 August 1918). The first native of Omaha to become a casualty in [[World War I]], Lieutenant Offutt died of injuries sustained when his [[Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5|SE-5]] fighter crashed during a training flight near [[:fr:Candas|Valheureux, France]]. The airfield portion of Fort Crook was designated Offutt Field on 6 May 1924.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Offutt Air Force Base|url=https://www.offutt.af.mil/Portals/97/Documents/AFD-130718-033.pdf?ver=2016-02-17-122154-040|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref>

===Fort Crook===
Offutt's history began with the commissioning by the [[United States Department of War|War Department]] in 1890 of Fort Crook. Located some 10 miles south of Omaha and two miles west of the [[Missouri River]], the fort was constructed between 1894 and 1896. The fort's namesake was [[Major General]] [[George Crook]],<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |publisher=Govt. Print. Off. |author=Gannett, Henry |year=1905 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n128 129]}}</ref> a veteran of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] and [[American Indian Wars|Indian Wars]].

It was first used as a dispatch point for [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] conflicts on the [[Great Plains]]. Troops from Fort Crook fought during the [[Spanish–American War]] when the 22nd Regiment under [[Charles A. Wikoff]] was dispatched to Cuba. The regiment suffered heavy casualties in the [[Battle of El Caney]]. Only 165 of the 513 regiment members survived with most succumbing to [[tropical disease]]s after the battle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmitsburg.net/archive_list/articles/history/spanish_american_war/elmore_nelson.htm |title=Corporal Elmore Nelson |publisher=Emmitsburg Area Historical Society |access-date=11 January 2007}}</ref>

The oldest surviving portion of Fort Crook is the [[parade (military)|parade grounds]] and surrounding red brick buildings that were constructed between 1894 and 1896. These structures are still in active use today as squadron headquarters, living quarters for high-ranking generals (Generals’ Row), and Nebraska's oldest operational jail.

===Offutt Field===
[[File:Offutt field - October 1936.jpg|thumb|Offutt Field in October 1936, before the construction of hard runways and permanent facilities|alt=|left]]
In 1918, the 61st Balloon Company of the [[United States Army Air Corps|Army Air Corps]], which performed combat reconnaissance training, was assigned to Fort Crook at the close of [[World War I]]. In the spring of 1921, the plowing, leveling, and seeding of 260 acres of land at Fort Crook created a grass airfield suitable for frequent takeoffs and landings and as a refueling stop for [[United States Post Office Department|Post Office Department]] airmail flights and transcontinental flights. The first permanent aircraft hangars were also completed in 1921. Other known organizations assigned to the field were the 74th Balloon Company in November 1918; 60th Balloon Company in December 1918.

A small detachment of enlisted men (detached service) from Marshall Field and Fort Riley, Kansas, constituted the only regular military presence on the field between 1935 and 1940. On 6 May 1924, the airfield was officially named "Offutt Field". During the 1920s and 1930s, the field was used for inactive training period meetings by personnel of the 314th Observation Squadron, [[89th Infantry Division (United States)|89th Division]], one of the few [[United States Army Reserve|Organized Reserve]] flying squadrons that actually possessed facilities, equipment, and aircraft; the pilots conducted annual training at either [[Marshall Army Airfield|Marshall Field]], [[Fort Riley]], [[Kansas]], or [[Richards Field]], [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]. The squadron was inactivated on 2 October 1939 by relief of personnel, and disbanded on 31 May 1942.

===Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant===
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[[File:Offutt field - 1940s.jpg|thumb|Offutt in the mid-1940s as a war production plant for the Glenn L. Martin company]]
In 1940 as American involvement in World War II loomed, the Army Air Corps chose Offutt Field as the site for a new bomber plant that was to be operated by the [[Glenn L. Martin Company]]. The plant's construction included a two-mile (3.2&nbsp;km)-long concrete runway, six large hangars, and a {{convert|1700000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} aircraft-assembly building.

Production switched to [[B-29 Superfortress]] very heavy bombers in 1944, and 531 Superfortresses were produced before the end of [[World War II]]. Among these were the ''[[Enola Gay]]'' and ''[[Bockscar]]'', the B-29s that dropped the [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|first atomic weapons to be used in a military action]] (against the cities of [[Hiroshima]] and [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]], Japan).

Production ended on 18 September 1945, when the last B-29 rolled out of the assembly building. With the manufacturing plant's closure, custody of the airfield and ground facilities were assumed by the 4131st Army Air Force Base Unit, Air Materiel Command.

===Postwar use===
[[Image:Wing 3902nd Air Base.gif|thumb|125px|3902nd Air Base Wing insignia|alt=|left]]
In the initial months after the end of World War II, Offutt was used by the 2474th Separation Processing squadron to demobilize service members out of the armed forces after their return from overseas duty. In June 1946, the Army Air Force re-designated Fort Crook and the Martin-Nebraska facilities as Offutt Field. It became the headquarters for the [[Air Defense Command]] [[Second Air Force]] on 6 June. In 1947, the airfield opened for operational use, with the [[381st Bombardment Group]] being assigned to the field with one squadron of B-29 Superfortresses, although the facility remained primarily a separation center.

The newly established United States Air Force took control of the facility in September 1947, and on 13 January 1948, it was renamed Offutt Air Force Base. Later that same year, on 26 September, the 3902nd Air Base Group (later Wing) became the host unit at Offutt under [[A. J. Beck]].<ref>{{cite web |title=MAJOR GENERAL A.J. BECK |publisher=Air Force e-Publishing |url=http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=4635 |access-date=27 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411010217/http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=4635 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=11 April 2008}}</ref>

===Strategic Air Command===
[[File:SAC Shield.svg|thumb|125px|Strategic Air Command insignia]]
On 9 November 1948, Offutt became the host base for Headquarters [[Strategic Air Command]], which was moved from [[Andrews AFB]], Maryland. [[United States Secretary of the Air Force|Secretary of the Air Force]] [[Stuart Symington]] chose to locate the Air Force's long-range atomic strike force at Offutt primarily because the base was centrally located on the North American continent, placing it well beyond the existing range of long-range, nuclear-armed bombers to (then) stay safely out of range of hostile missiles or bomber aircraft.

Offutt's population and facilities grew dramatically to keep pace with the increased operational demands during the [[Cold War]]. Several new dormitories and more than 2,000 family housing units – built in the late 1950s and 1960s under incremental Wherry and Capehart projects – quickly replaced the old quarters of Fort Crook. Headquarters SAC moved from the Martin-Nebraska complex to Building 500 in 1957, and new base facilities in the 1960s and 1970s included a hospital, main exchange, commissary, and library.

During the late 1950s, Offutt housed a [[Royal Air Force]] facility for servicing [[Avro Vulcan]]s, which visited the air base frequently while on exercise with SAC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airvectors.net/avvulcan_1.html |title=[1.0&#93; Vulcan Development |publisher=AirVectors |access-date=17 March 2010}}</ref>

Operational use of Offutt Air Force Base included the basing of alert tankers in the late 1950s and 1960s, support for intercontinental ballistic missile sites in Nebraska and Iowa in the 1960s, and worldwide reconnaissance from the mid-1960s to the present.

To provide air defense of the base, the United States Army established the [[Offutt AFB Defense Area]], and [[Nike Hercules|Nike-Hercules]] surface-to-air missile sites were constructed during 1959. Sites were located near Cedar Creek, Nebraska (OF-60) {{Coord|40|59|00|N|096|05|28|W}}, and Council Bluffs, Iowa (OF-10) {{Coord|41|13|47|N|095|41|58|W}}. They were operational between November 1960 and March 1966. The missiles were operated by the 6th Battalion, [[43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment|43rd Artillery]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lincolnafb.org/army.php|title=Lincoln Air Force Base Online Museum|website=www.lincolnafb.org}}</ref>

During the Cold War, a [[general officer|general]] and various support personnel from the base were airborne 24 hours a day on an [[Boeing EC-135|EC-135]] from 3 February 1961 to 24 July 1990 in [[Looking Glass (airplane)|Operation Looking Glass]], creating an airborne command post in case of war.

The 3902d Air Base Wing was inactivated on 1 March 1986, and the [[55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing]] assumed host-unit responsibilities for Offutt. Increased defense spending during the 1980s brought additional operational improvements to Offutt, including the [[Bennie L. Davis|Bennie Davis]] Aircraft Maintenance Hangar, and a new command center for Headquarters SAC.

===U.S. Strategic Command===
[[Image:LeMaybldg.jpg|thumb|Gen. Curtis E. LeMay Building,<br />[[United States Strategic Command|U.S. Strategic Command]] Headquarters]]
Offutt again faced changes in 1992 when the easing of world tensions allowed the United States to reorganize the Air Force. The [[Strategic Air Command]] was inactivated on 1 June, succeeded by the [[United States Strategic Command|U.S. Strategic Command]] ([[USSTRATCOM]]), a [[Unified Combatant Command]] of the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]. The 55th Strategic Wing then became the [[55th Wing]], under the newly created [[Air Combat Command]].

In 1998, the [[Strategic Air and Space Museum]] moved 30 miles (48&nbsp;km) southwest to [[Ashland, Nebraska|Ashland]], just off [[Interstate 80]], midway between Omaha and [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]].

In 2005, Offutt began several major renovations. The on-base [[Kenneth S. Wherry|Wherry]] housing area was demolished for replacement with new housing. A new fire house, [[AAFES]] mini-mall, and U.S. Post Office were completed in 2006. Additionally, the Air Force Weather Agency broke ground on a new facility which was completed in 2008.

The new headquarters for STRATCOM, the Command and Control Facility (C2F), is expected to be operational in September 2018.<ref name="vice">{{cite news |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-us-military-has-a-new-facility-for-overseeing-nuclear-war/ |title=The US Military Has a New Facility for Overseeing Nuclear War |first=Dave |last=Axe |date=10 July 2018 |publisher=[[Vice Media]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710222305/https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mb4j5y/the-us-military-has-a-new-facility-for-overseeing-nuclear-war |archive-date=10 July 2018}}</ref>

The base sustained significant damage in the spring of 2019 as a result of the [[2019 Midwestern U.S. floods|Missouri River flooding]]; at one point, almost half of the base's runway was underwater. Flight operations and some support staff were temporarily relocated to nearby [[Lincoln Airport (Nebraska)|Lincoln Air National Guard Base]] while repairs (as well as some pre-planned construction projects) were undertaken.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Olberding |first1=Matt |title=Lincoln Airport approves deal with Air Force for Offutt planes |url=https://journalstar.com/business/local/lincoln-airport-approves-deal-with-air-force-for-offutt-planes/article_7506c781-2e05-5c15-9ca4-d7347b31ada3.html |website=JournalStar.com |date=15 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Losey |first1=Stephen |title=Floodwaters overwhelm one-third of Offutt; nine aircraft evacuated |url=https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/03/18/floodwaters-overwhelm-one-third-of-offutt-nine-aircraft-evacuated/ |website=Air Force Times |date=19 March 2019}}</ref>

===President Bush Offutt Conference on 11 September 2001===
[[Image:White-house-offutt.jpg|thumb|President George W. Bush at the Offutt AFB command bunker on 11 September 2001|alt=]]

On 11 September 2001, President [[George W. Bush]] conducted one of the first major strategy sessions for the response to the [[September 11 attacks]] from a bunker at the base.

Bush, who was in Florida at the [[Emma Booker Elementary School]] in [[Sarasota, Florida|Sarasota]]<ref name=time /> at the time of the attacks, first flew from [[Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport]] to [[Barksdale Air Force Base|Barksdale AFB]] in [[Louisiana]] and then to Offutt en route back to Washington, DC. Bush arrived at 2:50pm, conducted a video conference in an underground command bunker and left for Washington, DC at 4:30pm.<ref name="time">{{cite web |author=Cline, Austin |url=http://atheism.about.com/b/2006/09/11/september-11-2001-timeline-of-events.htm |title=September 11, 2001: Timeline of Events |work=About.com Religion & Spirituality |publisher=About.com Guide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518072556/http://atheism.about.com/b/2006/09/11/september-11-2001-timeline-of-events.htm|archive-date=18 May 2015 |access-date=11 September 2006}}</ref>

[[Air Force One]] left Barksdale AFB for Offutt AFB around 1:30&nbsp;p.m.<ref>{{cite web|title=Offutt Air Force Base|url=http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=offutt_air_force_base|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> The Air Force One entourage was pared down to a few essential staffers such as [[Ari Fleischer]], [[Andrew Card]], [[Karl Rove]], [[Dan Bartlett]], Brian Montgomery, and [[Gordon Johndroe]], plus about five reporters.<ref name=mashable>{{cite web|last1=Kohn|first1=David|title=Bush's Press Secretary Live-Tweets 9/11 From His Perspective  |url=http://mashable.com/2014/09/11/bush-press-secretary-ari-fleischer-tweeting-911/ |website=mashable.com|date=11 September 2014|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> During the flight, Bush remained in "continuous contact" with both the [[White House Situation Room]] and Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] in the [[Presidential Emergency Operations Center]].<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|last1=Langely|first1=William|title=Revealed: what really went on during Bush's 'missing hours'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1365455/Revealed-what-really-went-on-during-Bushs-missing-hours.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1365455/Revealed-what-really-went-on-during-Bushs-missing-hours.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=8 May 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Air Force One landed at Offutt shortly before 3:00&nbsp;p.m.<ref name=time /> At 3:06 p.m, Bush passed through security to the US Strategic Command Underground Command Center ({{Coord|41|06|50|N|095|55|04|W}})<ref name=time /> and was taken into an underground bunker designed to withstand a nuclear blast.<ref name=telegraph /> There, he held a teleconference call with Vice President Cheney, National Security Advisor [[Condoleezza Rice]], Defense Secretary [[Donald Rumsfeld]], Deputy Secretary of State [[Richard Armitage (politician)|Richard Armitage]], CIA Director [[George Tenet]], Transportation Secretary [[Norman Mineta]], and others.<ref name=telegraph /> The meeting lasted about an hour. Rice recalled that during the meeting, Tenet told Bush, "Sir, I believe it's [[al-Qaeda]]. We're doing the assessment but it looks like, it feels like, it smells like al-Qaeda."<ref name=60min>{{cite web|last1=Kohn|first1=David|title=Bush on 9/11: Moment to Moment|date=2 September 2003 |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bush-on-9-11-moment-to-moment/|publisher=CBS News|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> The White House staff was preparing for Bush to address the nation from the Offutt bunker, but Bush decided instead to return to Washington.<ref name=telegraph /> Air Force One left Offutt around 4:30&nbsp;p.m.<ref name="time" />

===Whistleblower suit===
In May 2011, base civilian employee George Sarris successfully settled with the government over claims that he was subjected to retaliation for talking to the media in 2008 about poor maintenance of RC-135 aircraft at the base. After Sarris' allegations appeared in the ''[[Kansas City Star]]'', base officials revoked his security clearance and reassigned him to menial duties. Later investigations by the government substantiated many of Sarris' claims. As part of the settlement, the USAF agreed to pay Sarris his full salary until he retired in 2014 and paid $21,000 of his attorney's fees.<ref name="star">{{cite news|url=http://whistleblower.org/multimedia/kansas-city-star-air-force-whistleblower-settles-claims|title=Air Force whistleblower settles claims|last1=McGraw|first1=Mike|newspaper=Kansas City Star|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> After retiring, Sarris published a book titled, ''Cowardice in Leadership – A Lesson in Harassment, Intimidation, and Reprisals''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://secure.mybookorders.com/Orderpage/1384|title=Cowardice in Leadership|last1=Sarris|first1=George|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> Ten years after Sarris blew the whistle, the ''[[Omaha World-Herald|Omaha World Herald]]'' published a three-part series titled "In-flight emergency", which confirmed his earlier claims.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.omaha.com/news/in-flight-emergency-an-investigation-into-flight-safety-at-offutt/collection_14992f1c-f68d-5330-9a65-fe89d3727760.html|title=In-flight emergency: An investigation into flight safety at Offutt's 55th Wing|website=Omaha.com|date=23 June 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref>

===Previous names===
* Fort Crook, 3 March 1891
* Offutt Flying Field, Fort Crook, 1920
* Offutt Field, 6 May 1924

[[Image:Offutt-atlantis.jpg|thumb|[[Space Shuttle Atlantis]] being shuttled through Offutt following a mission on 1 July 2007]]

=== Major commands to which assigned ===
* Seventh Corps Area, United States Army, 1920
* Army Air Forces Materiel Command, 13 October 1942
* Army Air Forces Materiel and Services Command, <!-- no idea what this is supposed to be 17 lui--> 1944
: Redesignated: AAF Technical Service Comd, 31 August 1944
: Redesignated: Air Technical Service Command, <!-- no idea what this is supposed to be 1 lui--> 1945
: Redesignated: Air Materiel Command, 9 March 1946
: : The United States Army Seventh Service Command exercised overall jurisdiction until 11 June 1946
* [[Air Defense Command]], 11 June 1946
* [[Strategic Air Command]], 1 October 1948
* [[Air Combat Command]], 1 June 1992

===Major units assigned===
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* [[Second Air Force]], 6 June 1946 – 1 July 1948
* [[381st Bombardment Group]], 24 July 1947 – 27 June 1949
* [[Tenth Air Force]], 1 July – 24 August 1948
* 3902d Air Base Group (later Wing), 26 September 1948 – 1 March 1986
* [[Strategic Air Command]], 8 November 1948 – 1 June 1992
* [[438th Troop Carrier Wing]], 27 June 1949 – 14 March 1951
* [[5th Air Division]], 14 January – 25 May 1951
* 1st Weather Group, 20 April 1952 – 8 October 1956
* [[544th Strategic Intelligence Wing]], 12 April 1952 – 1 June 1992
* 3d Weather Wing, 8 October 1956 – 1 June 1992
* [[34th Air Refueling Squadron]], 1 October 1958 – 25 June 1966
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* [[4321st Strategic Wing]], 1 October 1959 – 1 January 1963
* [[549th Strategic Missile Squadron]], 1 July 1961 – 15 December 1964
* [[385th Strategic Aerospace Wing]], 1 January 1963 – 15 December 1964
* [[55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing]] (and subsequent redesignations), 16 August 1966 – present
* [[Air Force Weather Agency|Air Force Global Weather Center]] (and subsequent redesignations), 8 July 1969 – present
* [[1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron]] (and subsequent redesignations), 1 July 1977 – present
* [[United States Strategic Command]], 1 June 1992 – present
* [[55th Electronic Combat Group]], 1 April 1992 – present
* General Curtis Lemay Offutt Composite Squadron [[Civil Air Patrol]]
* [[595th Command and Control Group]], 16 October 2016 – present
* [[95th Wing]], 1 November 2024 – present
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* [[1st Air COMM Group, then 1st Air Comm Wing, then 1st Air Information Systems Wing]] at least August 1984 – April 1988. The Squadrons were 390th, 1850th, 1851st, and the 1853rd.

===Intercontinental ballistic missile facilities===
[[File:549th Strategic Missile Squadron - SM-65D Atlas Missile Sites.png|thumb|400px|SM-65D Atlas Missile Sites]]
The [[549th Strategic Missile Squadron]] operated three [[SM-65D Atlas]] ICBM sites (1 October 1960 – 15 December 1964). Each site was composed of three missile silos (9 total).
* 549-A, 3.4&nbsp;mi SE of Mead, NE     {{Coord|41|11|37|N|096|26|23|W|display=inline|name=549-A}}
* 549-B, 3.6&nbsp;mi NE of Arlington, NE     {{Coord|41|29|17|N|096|17|59|W|display=inline|name=549-B}}
* 549-C, 4.3&nbsp;mi SE of Missouri Valley, IA     {{Coord|41|31|15|N|095|49|09|W|display=inline|name=549-C}}

Beginning in 1958, the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]] began planning for the sites, and construction began in 1959. The construction project was completed on 28 July 1960. In April and May 1961, the three complexes became the last Atlas D missiles to go on alert.

The missiles were manned by the 549th Strategic Missile Squadron which was activated on 1 October 1960. The squadron began to phase down with the inactivation of the [[Atlas-D]] on 1 October 1964, and was inactivated 14 December 1964. Confusingly, the squadron was originally the 566th but on 1 July 1961 SAC swapped designators with the 549th at F.E. Warren AFB. The 549th SMS was under the 385th Strategic Aerospace Wing.

Site "A" was abandoned for many years, until the late 1970s when the Nebraska National Guard took over ownership of the site to establish a training area called the Mead Training Site. The site is managed by the [[Camp Ashland]] Training Site Command. The training area has been used by the National Guard, United States Air Force, local law enforcement, and other entities as a training site for many years. 3/209th RTI out of [[Camp Ashland]] began using Mead Training Site in 2008 as the primary training facility for their 88M military occupational specialty reclassification school and continues to use the site year round. A [[MOUT]] site ([[Military Operations in Urban Terrain]]) was constructed at the site in 2009. Two Nebraska National Guard armories were built directly alongside the training area in 2012. Many other National Guard units use the site for drill weekends and annual trainings. Airmen out of Offutt Air Force Base practice [[Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape]] (SERE) Training at the site several weekends a year.

Site "B" is in use for agricultural storage. Site "C" has been demolished, with only the access roads remaining.

===1983 killings===
Serial killer [[John Joubert (serial killer)|John Joubert]] murdered two boys while stationed at the base in 1983.

===2019 shooting===
In September 2019, a shooting took place in Offutt's private housing community, in which Sgt. Zachary Firlik and his wife Kari Firlik were killed.<ref name=shootingrepor1>{{cite web |last1=Wade |first1=Jessica |last2=Cole |first2=Kevin |title=2 dead in shooting near Offutt identified as active-duty service member, spouse |url=https://www.omaha.com/news/crime/dead-in-shooting-near-offutt-identified-as-active-duty-service/article_eee7d0dc-5feb-58f6-ab8d-7197b500f22f.html |website=Omaha.com |date=30 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=THAYER |first1=ROSE L. |title=Father confirms daughter's death in Offutt Air Force Base shooting |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/us/father-confirms-daughter-s-death-in-offutt-air-force-base-shooting-1.601497 |website=Stars and Stripes}}</ref> The case was identified as a murder-suicide. The shooter, Zachary Firlik, was an active off-duty airman who killed his wife and then himself.  Their five year-old daughter was downstairs at the time, and fled the house after hearing gunshots.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liewer |first1=Steve |title=Offutt couple's deaths being investigated as murder-suicide, court documents say |url=https://www.omaha.com/news/metro/bellevue/offutt-couple-s-deaths-being-investigated-as-murder-suicide-court/article_f9d7555b-895e-552f-876a-d357cd09791e.html |website=Omaha.com |date=9 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref>