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Arthur C. Storz Sr., a World War I Airman and influential Omaha civic leader, helped developed Strategic Air
Command (SAC) at Offutt Air Force Base. Storz was a
charter member of the SAC Consultation Committee, serving as chair from 1963
to 1971 and Chair Emeritas from 1971 until his
death in 1978.
Storz was a respected spokesperson for civil aviation and
exercised leadership in expanding the Omaha Municipal Airport into the Jet Age. He helped motivate the Omaha City
Council to establish the Omaha Airport Authority, serving as its first chair
from 1959 to 1969 and Chair Emeritas from 1969 to
1978. In recognition of his dedicated efforts and accomplishments, the
expressway between Eppley Airfield and the
Interstate is named in his honor.
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