Editing Offutt Air Force Base (section)

===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>