{"id":51561,"date":"2019-04-21T18:59:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T18:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/21\/irreplaceable-air-force-artifacts-saved-from-floodwater-at-offutt\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:49:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:49:26","slug":"irreplaceable-air-force-artifacts-saved-from-floodwater-at-offutt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/04\/21\/irreplaceable-air-force-artifacts-saved-from-floodwater-at-offutt\/","title":{"rendered":"Irreplaceable Air Force artifacts saved from floodwater at Offutt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. \u2014 A retired lieutenant colonel and a small army of airmen have saved irreplaceable artifacts from floodwater that covered a third of an Air Force base<\/a> south of Omaha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Hoskins told the Omaha World-Herald<\/a> that the historical treasures of the 55th Wing were locked inside the wing historian\u2019s office and other offices at Offutt Air Force Base as the Missouri River water rose March 16. Historian John McQueney was at his home miles away, and Hoskins knew he had little time to wait. So he called in base firefighters to break down doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The late-winter floods that struck several Plains states breached or overtopped levees, caused more than $3 billion in damage and killed at least three people, officials have said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t