2015 Omaha Trophy

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Stephen W. Wilson (second from left), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) deputy commander, and Mr. W. Gary Gates (center), Strategic Command Consultation (SCC) Committee member, present the 2015 Omaha Trophy, strategic aircraft category, to U.S. Air Force Col. Brian McDaniel (second from right), 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, and other base leaders during an award ceremony at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., March 14, 2016. Also pictured on stage are U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Sam Cox (left), 18th Air Force and USSTRATCOM’s Task Force 294 commander, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Christian M. Pugh (right), 92nd Air Refueling Wing command chief master sergeant. Wilson and Gates presented the trophy, on behalf of USSTRATCOM and the SCC, to recognize the 92nd Air Refueling Wing’s contributions to USSTRATCOM’s global strategic missions. The Omaha Trophy, which dates back to the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Air Command, was originally created by the SCC in 1971. At the time, a single trophy was presented annually as a token of appreciation to USSTRATCOM’s best wing. Since then, the tradition has evolved to unit-level awards that recognize the command’s premier intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) wing, ballistic missile submarine, strategic bomber wing and global operations (space/cyberspace) unit. This year, a new category was added to include the combatant command’s top strategic aircraft wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sean Campbell)