Offutt AFB Through the Years
May 03, 2024
May 03, 2024
OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, May 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news:
In February 1924, the Douglas County Reserve Officers Association proposed the Fort Crook landing field be named in honor of 1st Lt. Jarvis Offutt. Offutt was Omaha's first World War I air casualty, who as a U.S. Army Air Service pilot, was killed in 1918 flying with the Royal Air Force in France.
May 6, 1924, the airfield at Fort Crook was officially named . . .
In February 1924, the Douglas County Reserve Officers Association proposed the Fort Crook landing field be named in honor of 1st Lt. Jarvis Offutt. Offutt was Omaha's first World War I air casualty, who as a U.S. Army Air Service pilot, was killed in 1918 flying with the Royal Air Force in France.
May 6, 1924, the airfield at Fort Crook was officially named . . .