Officials at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, were assessing damage from a major Memorial Day storm that included at least one tornado hitting the area Monday night.
Base spokeswoman Marie Vanover said that initial assessments included damage to approximately 150 off-base homes with several sustaining major damage, according to Military.com.
The storm system was the latest extreme weather to hit military installations in the past year, as On Base has reported.
The Marine Corps’ Camp Lejeune, N.C., suffered $3.6 billion in damage from Hurricane Florence in September, and in October Hurricane Michael caused an estimated $3 billion in damage to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.
In March major flooding struck Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., causing $420 million in damage.
Those bases and others await funding to rebuild as the House has been unable to pass the disaster aid bill this week. The bill includes $1.67 billion for the Air Force and $981 million for the Navy and Marine Corps.
The next opportunity for passage of the disaster aid bill comes Thursday when the House will attempt a third unanimous consent vote. If blocked again, it will be on the chamber’s agenda next week when lawmakers return from recess.
Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jean-Paul Arnaud-Marquez
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