OMAHA, NE (Omaha World-Herald News Source) – 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.
The famed Air Force aerobatics team Thunderbirds was scheduled to be featured at the June event which organizers say has drawn as many as 300,000 spectators in the past.
