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The Green Ramp disaster was a 1994 mid-air collision and subsequent ground collision at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina. It killed twenty-four members of the U.S. Army 's 82nd Airborne Division preparing for an airborne training operation.
A little after 2 p.m., however, the once blissful Carolina blue sky was darkened by black smoke, and the airfield runway and Fort Bragg’s Green Ramp were ablaze. An F-16D Fighting Falcon ...
USAir Flight 1016 was a regularly scheduled flight in the southeastern United States, between Columbia, South Carolina, and Charlotte, North Carolina. [1]: 1 On July 2, 1994, the flight encountered heavy thunderstorms and microburst-induced windshear while attempting to land, and crashed into heavy trees and a private residence near the airport.
She treated the wounded in the aftermath of the Green Ramp disaster. [2] Horoho was recognized as a Nurse Hero by the American Red Cross on September 14, 2002, for her actions during the September 11 attacks, during which she raced "from her desk" to give first-aid to 75 victims.
It would take more than a year before reports would tell what happened on March 23, 1994.
Green Ramp disaster [41] 23 March 1994 Pope AFB, Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. General Dynamics F-16D, Lockheed C-130E and C-141B: 23 7 30 † ≥27 USAF KC-135 Wichita crash [42] 16 January 1965 McConnell AFB, Wichita, Kansas, U.S. Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker: 23 4 27 † ~50 Millon Air Boeing 707-323C crash [43] 22 October 1996 Manta ...
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At 00:55, the sink rate alarm went off, followed seconds later by a loud thump as the aircraft began shearing off treetops along Peak Mountain ridge. [1]: 6 These trees were on a ridge with a ground elevation of 728 ft (222 m), and the first treetop struck was at a height of 770 ft (230 m).