{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ID=1961E468-6DCC-4331-9358-A2554407AEC0", "Fischer, Ricketts, Bacon, Flood, Smith Announce Selection of Offutt Air Force Base for New 95th Wing", "2024-12-03", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "NE", "Deb Fischer", "F000463", "www.fischer.senate.gov", "fischer", "https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, U.S. Senators Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts, along with U.S. Representatives Don Bacon, Mike Flood, and Adrian Smith, announced the U.S. Air Force\u2019s selection of Nebraska\u2019s own Offutt Air Force Base as the location of the new 95th Wing.\n\nToday\u2019s announcement confirms the Nebraska delegation\u2019s announcement in August that the Air Force intended to activate the new 95th Wing at Offutt.\n\nThe 95th Wing, whose mission will be to strengthen strategic command and control, will be a subordinate unit of the Air Force Global Strike Command. Through centralizing nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) at Offutt, the Air Force will streamline its planning and administrative forces. The 95th Wing is expected to be fully operational by January, and it is projected to add 70 personnel to Offutt.\n\n\u201cThe Air Force\u2019s choice of Offutt as home to the 95th Wing reinforces Nebraska\u2019s status as the center of gravity for NC3 missions,\u201d said Senator Fischer, Ranking Member and incoming Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee\u2019s Strategic Forces Subcommittee. \u201cNebraska is proud of our leading role in America\u2019s national defense.\u201d\n\n\u201cOffutt Air Force Base will continue to play a critical role in ensuring America\u2019s strategic deterrence against existing and emerging threats posed by adversaries like China and Russia. Nebraska is a wonderful place to live, work, and raise a family,\u201d said Senator Ricketts. \u201cI look forward to welcoming the women and men who will call Omaha, Nebraska home as part of this newly activated unit.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis is excellent news for Offutt Air Force Base, the state of Nebraska and the nation,\u201d said Representative Bacon, member of the House Armed Services Committee\u2019s Strategic Forces Subcommittee. \u201cThe decision to base the new 95th Wing at Offutt is the culmination of years of hard work by the Air Force and Nebraska\u2019s Congressional delegation. This new wing will strengthen the command control of America\u2019s strategic nuclear deterrent and provide significant economic benefits for the greater Omaha region in the years ahead.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs Offutt Air Force Base begins its second century, the 95th Wing will not only grow the base\u2019s role in serving our Armed Forces, but also its footprint, creating great jobs right here in Nebraska\u2019s First District,\u201d said Representative Flood. \u201cThank you to the Air Force for their ongoing commitment to Offutt and Sarpy County. I am looking forward to welcoming the new 95th Wing to Nebraska as we continue to support the base and the people serving at Offutt and carrying out its critical missions.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ID=1961E468-6DCC-4331-9358-A2554407AEC0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8065779004245996, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}