55th Wing Mission The 55th Wing, headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, is Air Combat Command's largest wing with a budget of more than $477 million annually, 49 aircraft, 32 squadrons and more than 7,000 employees. The wing conducts a global flying mission with worldwide reconnaissance and treaty verification tasked by our nation's highest levels as well as the National Airborne Operations Center. Additionally, it provides base support to more than 50 associate units, including U.S. Strategic Command, the 557th Weather Wing and a military community of more than 57,000. Organization The wing is comprised of six groups, five located at Offutt AFB and one at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. 55th Wing; Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska • 55th Comptroller Squadron 55th Communications Group The group provides superior command, control, communications, and computers and knowledge management services for the 55th Wing, U.S. Strategic Command, the 557th Weather Wing and more than 50 associate units at Offutt as well as cyber operations support for numerous Air Force and Department of Defense installations and missions. The group is comprised of more than 450 military, DOD civilian and contractor personnel that operate and maintain the Air Force's most diverse array of cyber systems, including military satellite communications platforms; secure and non-secure voice, data and radio frequency networks; one-of-a-kind air traffic control and landing systems; hundreds of miles of fiber optic and copper cabling; and base-wide client systems, information assurance, and knowledge operations services. The communications group also provides unprecedented Nuclear Command and Control and Alternate Missile Warning Center capabilities 24/7 for the Secretary of Defense and the President of the United States. 55th Communications Group • 55th Communications Squadron • 55th Strategic Communications Squadron 55th Operations Group With more than 3,000 Airmen, 12 squadrons and one detachment, the group is the largest and most diverse operations group in the Air Force, flying all variants of the RC-135, OC-135, WC-135 and E-4B aircraft. The group operates these aircraft around the clock in every geographic command in support of the 55th's global reconnaissance, contingency operations, treaty verification, and National Command Authority support and command and control responsibilities. The group also supports the Federal Emergency Management Agency during times of natural disaster. Permanent overseas operating locations include RAF Mildenhall; Souda Bay Naval Support Activity, Crete and Kadena AB. The 55th OG also operates regularly from five temporary locations. 55th Operations Group • 38th Reconnaissance Squadron • 45th Reconnaissance Squadron • 55th Intelligence Support Squadron • 55th Operations Support Squadron • 82nd Reconnaissance Squadron, Kadena AB, Japan • 95th Reconnaissance Squadron, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom • 97th Intelligence Squadron • 338th Combat Training Squadron • 343rd Reconnaissance Squadron • 390th Intelligence Squadron, Kadena AB • 488th Intelligence Squadron, RAF Mildenhall 55th Maintenance Group The group’s approximately 1,100 personnel are proud combat enablers, maintaining 29 combat ready C-135s and four Airborne Command and Control E-4B aircraft. The group executes an annual budget of $20 million and a 20,000-hour flying program to respond to Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed taskings providing critical reconnaissance worldwide; develop maintenance plans to support Airborne Command Post and National Airborne Operations Center missions; and support five geographically separated units. 55th Maintenance Group • 55th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron • 55th Maintenance Squadron 55th Mission Support Group The group provides vital support to Offutt through engineering, security, mission support, services, supply, transportation, contracting and deployment readiness programs to more than 57,000 active duty, dependent and retiree personnel. This also includes more than 50 associated units, including U.S. Strategic Command, the 557th Weather Wing, the National Airborne Operations Center and presidential-tasked global reconnaissance missions. 55th Mission Support Group • 55th Civil Engineer Squadron • 55th Contracting Squadron • 55th Force Support Squadron • 55th Logistics Readiness Squadron • 55th Security Forces Squadron 55th Medical Group The group is a four-squadron medical group that operates a full-service outpatient clinic with more than 700 staff providing comprehensive primary and specialty medical/dental care to the almost 28,000 members of Team Offutt. It also services almost 45,000 TRICARE eligible beneficiaries in the greater Omaha area. The medical group is collectively responsible for providing comprehensive health services to maintain the highest degree of readiness in support of contingency war mobilization and homeland defense plans for Offutt and its partner units including U.S. Strategic Command and the 557th Weather Wing. 55th Medical Group • 55th Aerospace Medicine Squadron • 55th Dental Squadron • 55th Medical Operations Squadron • 55th Medical Support Squadron 55th Electronics Combat Group; Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona The group provides combat-ready EC-130H Compass Call aircraft, crews, maintenance and operational support to combatant commanders. The group also plans and executes information operations, including information warfare and electronic attack, in support of theater campaign plans. 55th Electronic Combat Group • 41st Electronic Combat Squadron • 42nd Electronic Combat Squadron • 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron • 755th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron • 755th Operations Support Squadron