Editing Offutt Air Force Base (section)

==Role and operations==
Offutt Air Force Base is the host station for the [[55th Wing]] (55 WG), the largest wing of the United States Air Force's [[Air Combat Command]]. Additionally, the base is home to many significant associate units, including US Strategic Command Headquarters, the 557th Weather Wing, the Omaha operating location of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, and many others.

===55th Wing===
[[File:Boeing RC-135S (717-158), USA - Air Force AN1318719.jpg|alt=A Boeing RC-135S 'Cobra Ball' of the 55th Wing based at Offut AFB.|thumb|A [[Boeing RC-135|Boeing RC-135S 'Cobra Ball']] of the [[55th Wing]] based at Offutt AFB.]]
The 55th Wing is composed of five groups at Offutt AFB and at various locations worldwide:

*'''55th Operations Group'''

: The [[55th Operations Group]], [[Air Combat Command]]'s (ACC) largest group, has operational control over 11 squadrons<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.offutt.af.mil/Units.aspx|title=Units|website=www.offutt.af.mil|access-date=21 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122071239/http://www.offutt.af.mil/Units.aspx|archive-date=22 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and two detachments worldwide. The group consists of approximately 3,200 personnel. It employs 46 aircraft, including 13 models of seven different types. The 55th Operations Group uses the tail code OF for its aircraft
::[[38th Reconnaissance Squadron]] (RC-135)
::[[343d Reconnaissance Squadron]] (RC-135)
::[[45th Reconnaissance Squadron]] (OC-135, RC-135, TC-135, WC-135)
::[[338th Combat Training Squadron]] (Simulator)
::[[82d Reconnaissance Squadron]] (RC-135)
::: Operates from [[Kadena AB]], Japan
::[[95th Reconnaissance Squadron]] (RC-135)
::: Operates from: [[RAF Mildenhall]], England

*'''55th Electronic Combat Group'''

: The [[55th Electronic Combat Group]], stationed at [[Davis–Monthan Air Force Base]], is an [[Group (military aviation unit)|operations group]] and geographically separated unit (GSU) of the 55th Wing. It consists of 5 squadrons, 3 flying squadrons, 1 support squadron and 1 maintenance squadron. All 3 flying squadrons utilize various models of the [[EC-130]] aircraft.
::[[41st Electronic Combat Squadron]] (ECS)
::[[42d Electronic Combat Squadron]] (ECS)
::[[43d Electronic Combat Squadron]] (ECS)
:: 755th Operations Support Squadron (OSS)
:: 755th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS)

*'''55th Maintenance Group'''

: The 55th Maintenance Operations Squadron provides centralized direction of all maintenance staff functions providing support to world-wide aircraft reconnaissance missions.

*'''55th Mission Support Group'''

: The 55th Mission Support Group provides mission support for Offutt AFB through engineering, security, mission support, services, supply, transportation, contracting & deployment readiness programs.

*'''55th Communications Group'''

: The 55th Communications Group provides worldwide command, control, communications and computer (C4)<ref name="C4">{{cite web|url=http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp1_02.pdf|title=Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms|website=www.dtic.mil/|publisher=Pentagon|access-date=8 May 2015|archive-date=24 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824034254/http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp1_02.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> systems, information management and combat support to warfighting and national leadership. It also provides communications technology and support to the 55th Wing and 44 tenant units.

*'''55th Medical Group'''

: The 55th Medical Group serves 28K enrolled patients with outpatient clinic capabilities, and ancillary support.

===595th Command and Control Group===
[[File:75-0125 Boeing 747 ( E-4B ) United States Of America (7517136476).jpg|alt=A Boeing E-4B of the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron seen at Offutt AFB in 2012.|thumb|A [[Boeing E-4|Boeing E-4B]] of the [[1st Airborne Command Control Squadron|1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron]] seen at Offutt AFB in 2012.]]
The [[595th Command and Control Group]] (C2G) was activated in a ceremony held on 6 October 2016.<ref name="595thActivates">{{cite press release|url=https://www.acc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/965021/595th-command-and-control-group-activates-at-offutt/|last1=Hammes|first1=SRA Rachel|title=595th Command and Control Group activates at Offutt|date=4 October 2016|publisher=Air Force History Index}}</ref>

The mission of the 595th C2G is to consolidate the Air Force's portion of the nuclear triad, including Air Force nuclear command and control communications, under the auspices of [[Air Force Global Strike Command]] (AFGSC). Previously, portions of the Air Force's command and control of nuclear operations had been divided among AFGSC, [[Air Combat Command]], and the [[Twentieth Air Force]].

The 595th Command and Control Group is composed of four squadrons:

*[[1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron]]
* 595th Strategic Communications Squadron
* 595th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
*[[625th Strategic Operations Squadron]]

===557th Weather Wing===
The [[557th Weather Wing]], formerly the Air Force Weather Agency, is headquartered at Offutt AFB. It is the lead weather center of the [[United States Air Force]].
[[File:Seal of the United States Strategic Command.svg|thumb|[[United States Strategic Command]]|alt=|150x150px]]

=== United States Strategic Command ===
Offutt AFB is the headquarters of [[United States Strategic Command]] ([[USSTRATCOM]]), which is one of the ten [[Unified Combatant Command]]s of the [[United States Department of Defense]] (DoD). [[USSTRATCOM]] was established in 1992 as a successor to [[Strategic Air Command]] (SAC).

It is charged with space operations (such as military satellites), information operations (such as [[information warfare]]), missile defense, global command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR), global strike and strategic deterrence (the United States nuclear arsenal), and combating weapons of mass destruction.