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Offutt AFB Overlook Mystery Cache

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bigfort: I moved to Iowa and I am no longer able to properly maintain this cache. Thanks to all who found it.

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Hidden : 4/5/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:



The cache is not at the posted coordinates.  The solution coordinates are in two other caches, Offutt AFB North (GC5QVVC) and Offutt AFB West (GC5QVVR).  You must find these two caches first in order to be able to find this cache.

Offutt has played a major role in American military history for more than a century. This great heritage began with the construction of Fort Crook between 1894 and 1896, 10 miles south of Omaha and two miles west of the Missouri River.  The fort’s namesake was Maj. Gen. George Crook, a renowned Indian fighter and Civil War hero. He was the Commander of the Department of the Platte from 1875 to 1882, with headquarters at Fort Omaha in North Omaha, Nebraska.

Many of the original structures built on the post before 1900, including the guardhouse and various enlisted and officers’ quarters, are still in use today.

The flying field was designated Offutt Field, in honor of 1st Lt. Jarvis Offutt, May 6, 1924. Offutt, killed while flying with the Royal Air Force in France, was Omaha’s first World War I air casualty.

In late 1940, the Army Air Corps picked Fort Crook as the site of a new bomber plant. The plant’s construction included two, mile-long concrete runways, six large hangars and an enormous 1.2 million square-foot assembly building.   A total of 531 B-29 “Superfortresses” and 1,585 B-26 “Marauders” were built at the Martin-Nebraska Bomber Plant before the end of World War II.  Included were the “Enola Gay” and “Bock’s Car,” the B-29s that dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Production ended Sept. 8, 1945, when the last B-29 rolled out of the assembly building.

The former Army outpost, once hard pressed to support a few hundred soldiers, now accommodates a combined military and civilian workforce of some 12,000 while supporting more than 22,000 family members.

You are looking for a camouflaged match stick container.

Congratulations to johnablick for his quick FTF.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abg ba gur tebhaq.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)