Offutt Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation which is located near Omaha, Nebraska. The base officially began in September 1918 during World War I as an Army Air Service balloon field. It was named in honor of 1st Lieutenant Jarvis Offutt who was a World War I pilot and Omaha native. Lieutenant was killed in August of 1918 while flying with the Royal Air Force in France during World War I. In 1921, an airfield was built at the fort as a refueling stop for mail and transcontinental flights and was officially named “Offutt Field”. A new bomber plant was built on the base in 1940 which built two famous aircraft, the Enola Gay and the Bockscar, both B-29’s that were to drop the first atomic weapons used in military action against Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The plant consisted of six large hangars, a two mile-long concrete runway, and a 1,700,000-square-foot aircraft-assembly building. The base has been the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command for over 40 years. The population as of 2000 was 8,900 people, and the base covers an area of 4.3 square miles.

Weather in the Offutt Air Force Base area tends to be warm in the summer with temperatures in the 70s and very cold in the winter with the temperatures in the 20s. Annual rainfall in the area is 30 inches with the wettest month being May. July is also the warmest month, and January is the coldest. Local housing options are available nearby in cities such as Omaha, La Vista, and Springfield. On September 11th, 2001, President George W. Bush conducted one of the first major strategy sessions from a bunker at Offutt Air Force Base.