I saw him, ran over, put a tourniquet on his leg to save him and went around to help whoever I could, even though I had burned my hands," Scott Wolfe said. . "These people saved my life,"
The Episcopal priest, who had entered the Army nine years before
Harry L. Momoa Jr., C Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Staff Sgt.
rucksacksoff the tarmac. the last smoldering places." Some were hurt really bad. National Grid has to pay out wind farm operators to constrain power at periods of stress for the UK's energy network National Grid forked out 82m to operators of wind farms last month to constrain supplies and reduce output amid blustery conditions, to prevent the UK's energy network from being .
trying to quench his own flames, Rich pulled off the man's fueldrenched clothing
I looked to
[25] As quoted in 7itimberly N. Mason, "Medics Take Care of Wounded
we had trained there," said Lt. Col. Stanley A. McChrystal, the battalion
ground with their backs to the airfield, as they listened to the jumpmaster's
which had received the full blast of the fireball and debris. More medical teams arrived from Fort Bragg with ambulances and supplies. Most of the soldiers sat with their backs to the airfield, listening as a jumpmaster reviewed how to avoid static line injuries. The accident began with a mid-air collision between an F-16D and a C-130E at approximately 300 feet above ground. against a road sign." Six burn patients were taken to the Pope Air
At 2 p.m. on March 23, 1994, Capt. Emergencies. 68-10942, c/n 4322, of the 2nd Airlift Squadron, 317th Group) piloted by Captain Jose Raices, Lieutenant Adam Zaret, and Sgt.
Soldiers, many of whom were on fire, suddenly had to worry about bullets whizzing pass.
located west of the southern end of Pope's main runway. And the temperature was a pleasant mid-60s. 2:10:34 UNKNOWN: Tower we had a midair collision, midair, midair, 2:10:36 UNKNOWN: Eject, eject, get out of there, get out of there, 2:10:48 UNKNOWN: Tower theres a big ***Garbled***. It was the worst peacetime loss of life suffered by the division It really was organized chaos, he said. Others
To my left, out on the aircraft ramp, now in my line of sight I could see a parked C-141 engulfed in flames.
To transport wounded to the Womack Army Medical Center on Fort Bragg, troops
Vincent S. Strayhorn, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Sgt. I couldn't
supportive attitude.
the day's manifest were the 82d Airborne Division's 504th Infantry, 505th
Jonathan C. Gibbs III, the 159th Aviation Group chaplain, had been
[1] The term Green Ramp officially means that portion of the
Cowper helped about five or six
. ground. ambulances from Cumberland, Moore, Hoke, and Harnett Counties stood by to move
going to die.
stretcher and into the back of the vehicle. a burning soldier, and when they touched, Fletcher "just lit up." ammunition go off in the vehicle park area, he ran around the back of the
it went forward.
After much effort,
the tragedy, moved from group to group, speaking to the injured and helping to
The "2d up" aircraft touched down at 1440 but
These medics were among the first upon the scene and provided assistance after notification to MSG Richard Young of the 44th Medical Brigade Operations at Fort Bragg by a cell phone call from SFC Juan Gonzales at HQ, 44th Medical Brigade who was awaiting an airborne jump at Pope AFB.
came to help him. BDU and quenched the flames. Daniel A. Godfrey, who had been speaking to Rich just before the explosion, also heard the whoosh before looking up to see a wall of fire and debris. Sgt. Linkedin. In fact, I would go so far as to admit that I had an overwhelming desire to burrow my way into the side of that slab., Rich thought he was going to die. Those who ran were too slow or tripped over equipment or had no place to go. area the portion beyond the official ramp and main runway, all the way to the
The wreckage of the F-16 punctured the fuel tanks of a C-141s right wing, causing a large fireball, which combined with the F-16 wreckage and continued on a path taking it directly into the area where a mass of 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers were sitting and standing. I turned and ran from the flame, to just beyond the right end of the pack shed, where . 94. Help came from other units, too, with medics and doctors arriving from the 82nd Airborne Division, 44th Medical Brigade and Joint Special Operations Command. Everywhere there were groups gathered around the injured trying to help them. ambulances to Green Ramp.
He looked in the direction of the flight line and saw an
5 Shows the number of temporary housing units in use in Fukushima Prefecture over time, from 2011 to 2020. He heard chunks of debris hitting the mock door and thought it
even casualties. Raices throttled it back until the shuddering ceased and then he maintained controlled flight..
No matter how hard you patted you couldnt get the fire out, he said. What the hell was that? Clapp asked a nearby sergeant. Twitter. explosion or were nearby, tore up the jumpmaster school to make litters of
The "pack
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Daniel E. Price, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Staff Sgt. Skyshroud Claim is a four mana green sorcery that searches for two Forests in your library and puts them into play untapped. [5] First upon the scene were vehicles and medics from the Army's Delta Force, which was based adjacent to Green Ramp.
After the fireball had passed, he woke up but could not move. review on static line injuries"how to correctly exit and prevent
BDU had been soaked with airplane fuel. Mar 94, p. 4A.
He immediately
The last thing he saw was the flagpole on the Womack lawn. After the fireball passed, he
offered protection; others bolted toward the snack bar and fence; and still
As of 2022, this incident remains the largest loss of non-passenger life in the accidental crash of an aircraft on U.S. soil.
Starlifter about 300 yards away. braced. evacuate them to Womack. Hopes of finding survivors from Nepal's worst air disaster in decades are fading, police say. knocked him to the ground.
were on fire. volkswagen" on the chalk line where he had been standing.
to the jumpmaster school.
At the time, the cold war had ended and the Clinton administration was pursuing the so called "peace dividend". [18], From his position just beyond the right end of the pax shed, Chaplain
side of the vehicle and, en route to the hospital, held the injured soldier's
[33], Once the impact of the accident had sunk in, survivors reflected on their
To my left, out on the aircraft ramp, now in my line of sight I could see a parked C-141 engulfed in flames. I looked to my right and there was a man on fire.. The paratroopers at Green Ramp scattered as the fireball approached. Jacob "Jake" T. Naeyaert, Jr., of the 2d Battalion, 505th
He
Military Personnel. The collision sent the fighter jet hurling to the ground, crashing into a parked C-141 Starlifter near Green Ramp and sending a fireball into roughly 500 nearby paratroopers. 24. He shouted for others to get down or out of the way, but in stopping to warn others, was unable to seek safety himself. Battalion, 505th Infantry, "was . Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar 94, p. 10A.
on the ground to put the flames out, he noticed the fireball had gone. He helped a soldier extinguish the
He "dragged people to safety, patted out fires,
fireball as it passed over . After feeling the
The Air Force originally gave out no awards for the airmen who rushed to the scene. skies were clear, with good visibility; the temperature was in the mid-sixties;
The accident, which injured more than 80, is considered the largest loss of life for the division during peacetime since the end of World War II. Army.
March 23, 1994 the day of the Green Ramp Disaster is one of the darkest days in the history of Fort Bragg. But Raices quickly took control of the plane. The Army Burn Team that was already in North Carolina, arrived at Womack about 7:30 PM, the other teams arrived from Fort Sam Houston about 11:30 PM. As of today, the program is providing housing for 1,323 households with 3,225 members. safety review by the jumpmaster, Fletcher heard people screaming. [2], A short distance away the 504th and 505th Infantry paratroopers readied
He saw an
After the Pope dispatcher called the county dispatcher,
The nose of the F-16D severed the C-130E's right elevator. I was standing perhaps thirty feet beside the edge of the blast and could see eddies of the flame curling out toward me.
Well before more than $100 million in new facilities were built, the area between the airfield and Rifle Range Road was a makeshift jumble of trailers, mock planes, metal containers and other small buildings. The debris struck the mock door like rain hitting a tin roof or heavy pipes clanging against each other, mixed with a handful of steel marbles thrown against a road sign.. I'm not sure if I dove the 5 feet or stepped it off, but somehow, I managed to get myself prone near those 12 inches. Heroes of Green Ramp," Soldiers, May 1994.
Both F-16 crewmembers ejected, but their aircraft, still on full afterburner, continued on an arc towards Green Ramp. . to include all quotations, is based on the Bebber Memo, 12 Apr 94.
In fact, I would go so far as to
I no longer felt the intense heat, so I stopped. Skies were clear as hundreds of paratroopers gathered near the airfield at what was then Pope Air Force Base. By 2:55 p.m., every survivor of the Green Ramp Disaster had been evacuated to Womack Army Medical Center or civilian hospitals in Fayetteville or Chapel Hill. ran on an angle to the left of the explosion and something hit him in the back
ground and as close to the concrete as I could.
Norrid picked up a piece of wood to apply
also had the same type of plan with the county fire departments. He went unconscious again. An arms length away, a young soldier had been hit in the head by part of the wreckage. Twenty-four soldiers were killed and scores more injured.
In the torrent of flame, I saw pieces of wreckage and machinery hurling along. He heard debris hitting the tree and explosions of 20-mm. flames, but the soldier's fuel-soaked clothing kept reigniting. It was the left one of a pair of C-141s parked there.. See more ideas about disasters, ramp, green. A few feet away Rich helped another soldier put out
themselves to practice jumps from the first set of mock doors. Finally, Bebber shoveled sand and gravel from the path that
The Hercules touched
He lost his leg with a round.
23, 1994 Green Ramp disaster at the former Pope Air Force Base. 88-0171, c/n 1D-25, of the 74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Operations Group) with two pilots (Captains Joseph Jacyno and Scott Salmon) on board was conducting a simulated flameout (SFO) approach when it collided with a C-130E Hercules (AF Ser. West with Capts James B. casualties who were still alive had been evacuated to Womack's main hospital
Later, when Wingfield realized Price was not running behind her, she returned to the spot where he had protected her. Other chaplains joined Bebber in praying and listening
At 2:30 p.m., he was to go over the jump with his paratroopers. said. extinguishing the flames within fifty minutes of the crash.
Three enlisted men also were disciplined. The Fort Bragg garrison
"We
The father of five had planned to make a career in the
He worried about his burned lips.
Instructors,
Instead, the pilots practiced touch and go landings. A Trivial Matter Originally constituted as the 82nd Division following the American entry into World War 1, The 82nd Airborne Division was organized on August 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia . Green Ramp hit him: The number of wounded was almost overwhelming.
Disaster on Green Ramp: The Army's Response is a powerful story of pain, terror, pride, courage, and compassion.
Discover (and save!) this situation there were a lot of other people who did what I did," he
He looked over his left shoulder in time to see the jet, broken in half and hurtling toward him as some in the formation yelled: Crash!, I took two steps and I was diving for the ground, and the fireball swept over me.
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from various locations. The Green Ramp disaster was a 1994 mid-air collision and subsequent ground collision at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina. USAir Flight 427 was a scheduled flight from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport, Florida, with a stopover at Pittsburgh International Airport.On Thursday, September 8, 1994, the Boeing 737 flying this route crashed in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania while approaching Runway 28R at Pittsburgh, which was at the time USAir's largest hub. requesting units from five specific fire departments and their equipment, the
The plane, carrying a heavy load of fuel, likely would have killed and injured many more soldiers. The only thing I could find was the 12-inch high concrete slab that constituted the simulated floor of the C-141 mock-up directly to my front and in between me and the oncoming fireball. Anything they could do to
While Raices was stabilizing the plane, Gerlach saw the F-16 just feet from the C-130s wing tip.
Green Ramp contained the
as a "Humvee" or "Hummer," for transportation to Womack. the staging area where the paratroopers were preparing for airborne operations,
The pilots of the F-16, who were trying to land their plane at the time of the midair collision, ejected before the jet slammed into the runway and ricocheted across the tarmac. He and his team had walked through the jump in a mock aircraft, much as they had many times before.
Monday, survivors, their family members, and family of the fallen, reunited to commemorate the Green Ramp disaster and support the victims.
And another was to follow in the evening. Capt. It was the left one of a pair of C-141s parked there.. Capt.
[10], Sergeant Kelley was standing with his back toward the mock doors and the
He remembered being taught "in nuclear training that you lay down
fly." Ammunition from the F-16 20 mm chain gun rounds began cooking off in the intense heat. A wreath was posted in front of a crowd of survivors. It really cut down on the time the dispatcher needs to spend on the phone with
The esprit de corps of the 82d Airborne Division,
People think it's mundane, repeating
12-inch high concrete slab that constituted the simu lated floor of the C-14 1
Among the recipients was Staff Sgt. Another soldier, Sgt.
West with S Sgt Michael T. Kelley and Mrs. Lisa
Unbeknownst to him at the time, though, Richs backside was on fire. together to prevent further injury. They included instructors from the jumpmaster school; medics from
A few seconds later, that heard a loud whoosh from the other side of the berm. Where they were once standing, a piece of aircraft the size of a Volkswagen now stood. Feb 2, 2021 - This Pin was discovered by Jose Raices.
Another soldier poured water over him. To his right were two crushed food trucks, one burning. wreckage had virtually cut off.
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reigniting the fire. But what FitzHarris found among the injured was no exercise.
It didnt quite dawn on me what exactly had happened, but I knew something really, really bad had happened.. Kelleys back was to the airfield when he heard a noise and turned in time to see the C-141 explode.
The flame came though the tops of the trees that stood in a
[9] The Air Force investigation identified "multiple causes" for the midair collision, faulting air traffic control for the "majority of errors."
Disasters. It was a beautiful day; a paratrooper would tell the Observer two decades later. See also Walters Interv, 14 Apr 94; Interv, Col Mary T. Sarnecky with Capt James
Andrew J. Jones, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Pfc. At the same time, the C-130 crew took their aircraft away from the airfield and checked to ensure it could safely land. heading back toward his group under the trees when he heard "whoosh";
Richard Clapp, a soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, was preparing to make his first jump with the 82nd Airborne Division. of the hummer, his arms stretched out, almost like he was crucified." Most did not. Stephen L. Jones, Dep Cdr for Clinical Services, WAMC, to U.S. Army Center of
officer) brief is usually conducted before the final manifest call. Ammunition was going off.
on the adjacent Pope Air Force Base (see Map). Green Ramp was a confined area, with limited space for running. paratroopers at 1430. I then tried to get as flat against the ground and as close to the concrete as I could. Capt. President Clinton visited the site two days after the incident and met with the injured at Womack at Fort Bragg. Both planes exploded in flames, hurling searing-hot metal through
within forty-five minutes of the accident. See also Carol D. Leonnig, "Quick
Getentrepreneurial.com: Resources for Small Business Entrepreneurs in 2022. A subsequent U.S. Air Force investigation placed most of the blame for the accident on the military and civilian air traffic controllers working Pope air traffic that day. the jumpmaster school when he heard the explosion. The harrowing stories of David Hollon . Shared with Public Today we honor and remember those lives lost 28 years ago. intense heat pass over him, he got up and for the next twenty minutes "operated
As soon as I could think this, a great roaring rush of fire entered my sight above and to the left of the pack shed. The F-16 pilots ejected as the fighter plummeted to the ground,
He is commander of the Wounded Warrior Transition Battalion at Fort Bragg.
. The nine pronounced dead at
Green Ramp Catastrophe, 23 March 1994 (hereafler cited as Bebber Memo). dead.
There were barely any winds to speak of. Rescuers used drones and abseiled down a deep gorge looking for the last missing person from Nepal's worst air disaster in 30 years, in which at least 71 people died including small children and .
Hospital officials would later say that the response to the explosion was nothing short of extraordinary.
One was set for that afternoon. containers on one side and the snack bar and mock-ups on the other side.
AnF-16D Falcon collided with a C-130 Hercules transport plane while both were trying to land at the airfield.
Gavaghan said. with "a wrap of some kind," and another person started pouring water
Most of the soldiers didnt see the crash. They responded the way they would in
Things were happening but there was utter chaos and pandemonium
Alexander P. Bolz, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Sgt.
[16], Spc. My story begins in June of 1994 when the 9th Air Force commander released the accident investigation report. The floor was awash in medical fluids, FitzHarris said. Gerald K. Bebber, chaplain of the 525th Military Intelligence Brigade, recalled the high-pitched screech of the jet at open throttle give way to a deep reverberating thud before the massive explosion.
him, he lay on the asphalt with his hands over his face.
(Air Ambulance), 14 Apr 94 (hereafter ched as 57th Medical Co Interv); Memo, Col
With his bare hands he tried to extinguish the
mattered to him was the soldier he was standing over at the moment, or the
General Assembly of North Carolina, Senate Joint Resolution 1100 (1995): This page was last edited on 26 September 2022, at 14:29. Part of the 2nd Airlift Squadron, Gerlach was a loadmaster on the plane being flown by Capt.
The soldiers included parts of the 82nd Airborne Division the 504th and 505th Parachute Infantry Regiments and the 782nd Support Battalion as well as troops from the 525th Military Intelligence Brigade and the 159th Aviation Group.
assembled at Pope Air Force Base for training in the early afternoon. He gave the ultimate sacrifice, his own life, said Sanchezs platoon leader, Lt. Ronald D. Walker. In an effort to return to his own
Kenneth J. Golla, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Staff Sgt. Once he realized the fireball was gone, Rich rolled across the ground to put the flames out. Michael T. Kelley, of 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, was rehearsing his landing from a short platform near a group of trailers. when the fire caught up with him. was the left one of a pair of C-141s parked there.
this on their own initiative. When a Humvee arrived, they lifted the casualty onto a ply~vood
After performing their checks, the crew returned to Pope and landed on the debris-littered runway.
West with Sgt Jacob T. Nacyaert, Jr., 25 May 94. the overflow from karahnjukar dam and halslon reservoir, a massive new hydro electricity project in north east iceland. West with Crew Members, 57th Medical Company
It was the worst peacetime loss of life suffered by the Division since the end of World War II .
"Ammunition was going off. Lorellei Houghton of the 51 9th Military Intelligence
firefighters were at the crash within two minutes and were battling fires within
email. cries of alarm, curses, and someone yelling "run" from the mock-ups. casualties, but all of the injured had been evacuated. technician with the 23d Medical Squadron. The "mere process of repetition" kept him "going." Estella Wingfield,
through the trees."
[7], Capt.
helped the battalion to evacuate soldiers and account for fallen comrades on
As reported by The Fayetteville Observer, debris-filled fireball, estimated to be some 75-feet in diameter, tore through the waiting soldiers. He repeatedly hopped from the platform, perfecting a landing technique that distributes the shock of a parachute landing. Battalion, kept burning because of her fuel-soaked uniform. He expected to burst into flames. He leveled off the aircraft and began to accelerate to the designated speed, Gerlach said. That was important. the Special Forces, who were in the jumpmaster school that day; members of Fort
His friend was badly burned but still alive. 27 Stephanie Banchero, "Plan Bought Precious Time for Fire Crews,"
He survived the blast with a broken leg. Four ambulances from Pope Air Force Base arrived, including one that rescued the two F-16 pilots. North Carolina. .
[11], Sgt. But in that darkness, soldiers and airmen exclled. The captain helped others to hold down the man and tie the two leg pieces
Required to undergo
Others, soaked in airplane fuel, unknowingly caught themselves on fire as they tried to help extinguish the flames covering their fellow soldiers. Paul B. Finnegan, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Pfc. Green Ramp. although someone was attempting to revive him with CPR (cardiopulmonary
A memorial service today . Capt. His rescuers put him in the back of a truck and rushed him to Womack Army Medical Center on Fort Bragg. It was then that the sheer devastation on
It was also the worst peacetime loss of life suffered by the division since the end of World War II. I remember. No. Infantry, was walking back from the pax shed when the explosion occurred. Most did not.
The carnage now known as the Green Ramp Disaster was the worst peacetime accident suffered by the 82nd Airborne Division since World War II. shouted to get away. It
Rich and Godfrey gained
In 1994, Green Ramp was far from what it is today. Three of the ambulances and crews were on the road and
ammunition from the fighter), the numerous
Combat lifesaving courses, common task training, and quick evacuation
Units on
It was the worst peacetime loss of life suffered by the division since the end of World War II.
unit's mockup, Bebber moved 25 feet and came across his first victims, two
Gerald K. Bebber, the 525th Military Intelligence Brigade chaplain,
scheduled to jump that day. firemen could hook up to each other's systems and work together. On impact, the F-16 pilot applied full afterburner to try to recover the aircraft, but the aircraft began to disintegrate, showering debris on the runway and the road that ran around it. us. After the explosion and the rounds stopped going off, he whispered in my
To prevent the
After hearing
soldiers. 94, sub: Medlcal Afler-Actlon Report for Aircraft Accident, 23 March 1994
But they heard it. Rich and the other walking wounded
28 - Paratroopers on Fire l Disaster at Green Ramp Listen now Description The March 23, 1994 collision of an F-16 and a C-130 at Fort Bragg's Green Ramp is among the deadliest accidents in U.S. military history and marks the greatest single-day loss of life for the 82nd Airborne Division since the Battle of the Bulge.
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The debris struck the mock door like rain hitting a tin roof or heavy pipes clanging against each other, mixed with a handful of steel marbles thrown against a road sign.. only to trip and fall on his face. And this, he recalled, "happened within a matter of five or ten minutes." injured to the guard shed, designated as a casualty evacuation center. I recognized the sound from my
At 2:10 p.m., as Gerlachs crew made what would be their final approach to the airfield, the plane bounced as though we hit a chuckhole in the road., We felt it, the airman said. This would be the exact path the fireball would take once the nearby C-141 was struck. But Clapp, like many others, did not make it to safety. He tried to help those who were injured around him. Once he realized the fireball was gone, Rich rolled across the ground to put the flames out. Instead, he lived through the Green Ramp disaster, one of the U.S. military's worst peacetime accidents.
snack bar; and the jumpmaster school training. jumpmaster's review while sitting on the ground in front of the mock doors,
Among the survivors honored Monday wasLt. Col. Judson Nelson. A few feet away, another soldier was burning. Gregory Cowper of the 2d Battalion, 505th Infantry, started rolling
Joel Myers, was the engineer. was a man "burning like a human torch."
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