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  • Women from Joint Base Charleston fold the flag during an all female retreat ceremony on March 23 to celebrate Women’s History Month. About forty women from the 628th Air Base Wing, the 437th and 315th Airlift Wings took part in the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Dukes)

    Do's and Don'ts for Displaying Old Glory

    This week, American flags will be displayed across the nation in celebration of the Independence Day holiday. Following a few guidelines can ensure we are displaying Old Glory properly.
  • From left to right, 56 Squadron Leader David Hockley and 55th Wing Commander Col. Michael Manion place their respective country’s wreaths on the gravesite of Lt. Jarvis Offutt at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha, Nebraska Aug. 13, 2018. A ceremony was held during the 2018 Offutt Air Force Base air and space show to honor Offutt who the base is named after. Offutt was the first Omaha native to die in WWI when his plane was shot down over France 100 years ago while serving in the 56 Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger)

    Honoring our roots: Offutt family returns

    On Aug. 13, 2018, one hundred years, to the day of his passing, generations of Lt. Jarvis Offutt decedents gathered around his grave, white roses in hand. In their company were members of the 55th Wing, who call Offutt Air Force Base home, members of the Royal Air Force 56 Squadron, the unit Lt. Offutt perished serving, and many others who wished to share in honoring his legacy. At the culmination of a wreath laying ceremony by allied countries, 56 Squadron Leader David Hockley, took a minute to recite a stanza from Laurence Binyon’s poem, “For the Fallen.”
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