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nitpicker

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Thu Mar 21, 2019, 05:01 AM Mar 2019

Flooding forces cancellation of air show at Offutt Air Force Base

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/03/20/flooding-forces-cancellation-of-air-show-at-offutt-air-force-base/

Flooding forces cancellation of air show at Offutt Air Force Base

By: The Associated Press    11 hours ago

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Flooding has forced the Air Force to cancel the 2019 Defenders of Freedom Open House and Air Show at Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha.

Missouri River floodwater fed by heavy rain and snowmelt has covered about a third of the base and damaged dozens of buildings. Officials say, however, that the units based at Offutt remain capable of fulfilling their missions.
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