Five years after the deluge of 2019, fields of fill dirt have replaced a sea of mucky water on the floodplain at Offutt Air Force Base.
Construction continues on the area devastated by a flood five years ago at Offutt Air Force Base on Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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Construction continues on the area devastated by a flood five years ago at Offutt Air Force Base on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 The buildings were built on pads of dirt that were much higher than before.
Construction continues on the area devastated by a flood five years ago at Offutt Air Force Base on Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Photos: Flood damage at Offutt Air Force Base six months later
Debris indicates the high-water mark left by March flooding in the 55th Wing on artwork inside the 55th Wing headquarters building at Offutt Air Force Base.
Building D, the historic World War II-era Martin Bomber Plant at Offutt Air Force Base. Hundreds of base workers displaced when their buildings flooded in March are now working here.
The building that once housed the 55th Intelligence Support Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base.
Repair work has already started on Tennant Hall, which will cost $11 million.
Invading animals have eaten the candy left in the 55th Wing chaplain's office.
A set of flood-damaged slides sits on the floor of an office inside the 55th Wing headquarters building, which was destroyed by flooding in March. The Wing will spend about $9.5 million to turn the old StratCom building into its new headquarters.
Lt. Col. Chris Conover puts on a mask to protect himself from mold during a tour of the 55th Wing headquarters building at Offutt Air Force Base. Conover’s office was in that building. “The black mold just took over,” he said. “It’s hard. Devastating.”
Shattered glass and other debris litters the entryway of the 55th Security Forces Squadron headquarters building. The building was destroyed by the March flood.
A broken portrait of chief of staff of the Air Force, Gen. David L. Goldfein, lies on the floor of the 55th Security Forces Squadron building, which was ruined in floods that swamped Offutt Air Force Base in March.
Flags and unit guidons are piled on a desk in the 55th Wing headquarters building at Offutt Air Force Base.
Lt. Col. Chris Conover looks through the flood-damaged office of the 55th Wing historian at Offutt Air Force Base. Conover is leading the flood recovery efforts at Offutt.
Toppled furniture is scattered around a room in the 55th Security Forces Squadron building at Offutt Air Force Base. The March floodwaters invaded buildings, lifted furniture off the ground, then receded, causing the furniture to fall to the ground in a mess.
A safe that once held classified information sits in a hallway in the 55th Wing headquarters building, which was destroyed by the March flood.
A stopped clock hangs on a mold-covered wall inside the 55th Wing headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base. The building has been abandoned and will be demolished after floods last March filled it with water 5 feet deep.
