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Green Ramp disaster

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.[1][2][3]

Accident

March 23, 1994

Mid-air collision caused by ATC and pilot error

Pope Air Force Base,
North Carolina, U.S.
35°10′05″N 79°01′30″W / 35.168°N 79.025°W / 35.168; -79.025

24 (on ground)

over 100

General Dynamics F-16D Fighting Falcon

United States Air Force

88-0171

2

2

Lockheed C-130E Hercules

United States Air Force

68-10942

5

5

Lockheed C-141B Starlifter

United States Air Force

66-0173

As of 2024, this incident has the largest number of ground fatalities for an accidental crash of an aircraft on U.S. soil. It was also the worst peacetime loss of life suffered by the division since the end of World War II.

1965 USAF KC-135 Wichita crash

1972 Sacramento Canadair Sabre accident

1985

Arrow Air Flight 1285

Condon-Rall, Mary Ellen (1996). . Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-07-06.

Disaster on Green Ramp: The Army's Response

Archived 2021-11-27 at the Wayback Machine, GenDisasters.com.

Pope Air Force Base, NC "Green Ramp Disaster" Jet And Transport Collide, Mar 1994

Archived 2014-06-26 at the Wayback Machine

U.S. Army: The Heroes of Green Ramp

LaRaia, Becky J. "". Air Force Link, 2004-03-25.

Base recalls teamwork following ramp horror

General Assembly of North Carolina, Senate Joint Resolution 1100 (1995):

A Joint Resolution Honoring the Contributions of the 82nd Airborne Division and Remembering the Twenty-Four Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division Who Lost Their Lives During a Routine Training Mission

at the Aviation Safety Network

Hull-loss description

Aircraft Accident Report