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  • May

    A photo from a vegetation planting partnership project.

    Omaha District partners with WOZU group to plant native vegetation near Standing Rock bike trails

    A team from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District’s Oahe Project traveled to Cannon Ball, North Dakota May 16 to participate in a planting project with the WOZU group that will incorporate native plants into the ecosystem.
  • Photo from ground breaking ceremony.

    Ground broken on Offutt’s final flood recovery campuses

    Two groundbreaking ceremonies took place at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, May 3, 2024, signifying the final stages of seven U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District flood recovery projects on the installation.
  • Weapons Generation Facility ground breaking ceremony, Ellsworth, AFB, April 29, 2024.

    USACE, Air Force break ground on B-21 weapons generation facility

    ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D.— Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District’s Rapid City, South Dakota resident team, along with airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base recently broke ground on a new B-21 weapons generation facility under clear, blue skies April 29.
  • Photo of Blue Roof training.

    Operation Blue Roof training prepares district employees for upcoming hurricane season

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District’s Readiness Branch held training May 1 inside the district’s Emergency Operations Center to prepare Operation Blue Roof volunteers for the upcoming hurricane season.

  • April

    Current commander of the Air National Guard’s 128th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Col. Charles Merkel (middle), is joined by previous 128th ARW commanders — Col. Adria Zucarro, Col. Michael Guch, and Col. Ted Metzger; Brig. Gen. David May, Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Wisconsin National Guard, Command Sgt. Maj. Chad Workman, Sean Giese, resident engineer, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Omaha District Fort McCoy Office to break ground during a ceremony at General Mitchell Air National Guard Base, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This ceremony celebrates the construction commencement of a state-of-the-art Type III Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants facility.

    USACE Omaha District, Air Force, Wisconsin celebrate groundbreaking for new fuel facility at General Mitchell Airfield

    Ground has been broken and a significant milestone reached as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard, 128th Air Refueling Wing and the state of Wisconsin kicked off construction of a state-of-the-art Type III Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants facility, May 5, 2024, at General Mitchell Airfield in Milwaukee. This endeavor is being spearheaded by the Omaha District’s Fueling Systems Mandatory Center for Expertise, and the ceremony signifies the culmination of years of planning, advocacy, and meticulous justification by the 128th ARW as well as federal and state leadership, who have emphasized the need for modernization and reinvestment in General Mitchell Airfield’s fueling infrastructure.

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