Editing Offutt Air Force Base (section)

===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>