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Powerful lightning bolts danced up and down Offutt Air Force Base’s 2-mile-long runway during Wednesday night’s thunderstorms, adding to the weather-related woes recently inflicted upon the base.

Lightning struck the runway in at least 10 places, according to a Facebook post by 55th Wing Commander Col. Michael Manion. The strikes prompted emergency repairs by the Wing’s civil engineering squadron. A spokesman said the repairs were completed by noon, and the airfield was reopened.

Manion’s Facebook post said the lightning tore holes 3 to 5 inches deep in the concrete surface. One photo showed a broken chunk that appeared to be at least 2 feet long and 8 inches wide.

It dwarfed a hand-held radio that had been placed next to it for the photo.

The airfield wasn’t operating at the time. Some of the 55th Wing’s reconnaissance aircraft had been flown to other bases ahead of the storm, and others had been pulled into hangars.

“Big storm last night brought big lightning,” Manion said in the post. “We will put it back together and you will see/hear airpower again later today.”