OMAHA — A collection of officials representing the state and the University of Nebraska broke ground Friday on a new training facility at the southern edge of the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus.
The groundbreaking ceremony launched the first phase of a $17.4 million project building an Infectious Diseases Air Transport training facility, set to open in early 2028. The facility will house biocontainment transport modules and an aircraft fuselage designed to provide advanced training for U.S. Air Force members with the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) stationed at UNMC.
U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., said the project will cement Nebraska’s status as a leader in national defense, helping to care for the nation’s military and protect public health. Several speakers at Friday’s event said the facility will be the first of its kind in the United States.
“We are the home of global health security,” said Gov. Jim Pillen. “Nobody in the world does it better in any kind of challenge for health security.”…