A truck drives across the reconstructed runway at Offutt Air Force Base. The project was executed at a cost of $200 million to the Air Force: $169 million for the runway and apron and $31 million for the temporary facilities in Lincoln.
CHRIS MACHIAN, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
Recessed runway lights are one of the new features of the rebuilt runway. The old lights stuck up about a foot from the pavement, making it difficult to clear snow.
CHRIS MACHIAN, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
Offutt's Runway 13-31, representing its compass directions (130 degrees when approaching from the northwest, 310 degrees from the southeast). It used to be called Runway 12-30, but the Earth’s magnetic north pole has shifted since it was first built.
CHRIS MACHIAN, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
Workers repair the control tower in September at Offutt Air Force Base.
CHRIS MACHIAN, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
Workers spray to get grass growing around the Offutt Air Force Base runway in September.
A truck drives across the reconstructed runway at Offutt Air Force Base. The project was executed at a cost of $200 million to the Air Force: $169 million for the runway and apron and $31 million for the temporary facilities in Lincoln.
Recessed runway lights are one of the new features of the rebuilt runway. The old lights stuck up about a foot from the pavement, making it difficult to clear snow.
Offutt's Runway 13-31, representing its compass directions (130 degrees when approaching from the northwest, 310 degrees from the southeast). It used to be called Runway 12-30, but the Earth’s magnetic north pole has shifted since it was first built.
