Offutt Air Force Base

Offutt AFB  Mission: Provide dominant intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, electronic attack, and nuclear command and control to national leadership and warfighters,... Anytime, Anyplace.

Offutt's heritage began with the construction of Fort Crook, an Army outpost, which was completed in 1896, and named for Major General George Crook, a renowned Indian fighter and Civil War hero. In the spring of 1921, a flying field was created and designated as Offutt Field in May 1924 in honor of 1st Lt Jarvis J. Offutt, Omaha's first World War I air casualty. In late 1940, Fort Crook was chosen as the site for a bomber construction plant that produced a total of 531 B-29 Superfortresses and 1,585 B-26 Marauders before the end of World War II. These included the Enola Gay and Bock's Car, the two B-29s that dropped atomic bombs in Japan. Production ended in September 1945. In June 1946, Fort Crook and the bomber plant facilities were redesignated as Offutt Field and transferred to the Department of the Air Force on January 13, 1948, to become Offutt Air Force Base. Offutt became the host base for Headquarters Strategic Air Command on November 9, 1948. The Strategic Air Command was disestablished June 1, 1992, and the new, unified command, US Strategic Command was activated. The command of this joint headquarters is rotated between Air Force and Navy. At the time Strategic Air Command was disestablished, Offutt AFB became part of the Air Combat Command. For more history visit Offutt's homepage.

• Military - 7,986
• Dependents - 6,212
• DoD Civilians - 2,764
• Other Civilians - 1,157

Omaha metro: 950,000, Bellevue: 67,000, Greater Bellevue Area: 83,000

Offutt AFB is located in Bellevue, Nebraska (Sarpy County). The base is ten miles south of downtown Omaha, just off US Hwy 75 (The Kennedy Freeway).  This is a low cost of living area and the public schools are wonderful. The base operator's phone number is 402-294-1110, or DSN 312-271-1110.