were r~mning around in half panic, half dazed, looking for someone to help or Battalion, kept burning because of her fuel-soaked uniform. Two dozen soldiers were killed and more than 100 others injured when an F-16D Fighting Falcon collided mid-air with a C-130E Hercules. apparently strong soldier with a nearly severed leg, who was thrashing his limbs 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 combined efforts of five fire trucks succeeded in While the other rescuer stayed with the badly burned soldier, Rich walked Things were happening but there was utter chaos and pandemonium in the area.. which had already been good, reached new heights of camaraderie and "[6], Capt. life by pushing her to the ground and placing himself on top of her when he saw [1] The term Green Ramp officially means that portion of the President Clinton visited the site two days after the incident and met with the injured at Womack at Fort Bragg. [22] As quoted in Porter and Kasmussen, ``Heroes of Green Ramp," p. 4. But they heard it. The rescuer crawled on top of Kelley and started hitting him Meanwhile, ammunition exploded, and people Fire spread from the burning plane to the people on the ground and ignited live ammunition. After the fireball passed, he to include all quotations, is based on the Rich and Godfrey Interv, 14 Apr 94. also had the same type of plan with the county fire departments. He survived the blast with a broken leg. suffering burns on over 35 percent of his body, Fletcher climbed into the on the ground to put the flames out, he noticed the fireball had gone. But what FitzHarris found among the injured was no exercise. people would not have known what to do. Common Task Training, battle drills The soldiers wore only their battle dress uniforms and boots. Intelligence Brigade's assistant S-3 (operations officer), had saved his wife's Many troops not involved in the accident had rushed onto Green Ramp in its aftermath. Disaster on Green Ramp: The Army's Response is a powerful story of pain, terror, pride, courage, and compassion. . developed . to help them.". Within seconds the fireball passed over his He woke "He gave spots of fire on the back of a female soldier Iying on the ground. Then Clapp, who was still on fire, was tackled by a fellow soldier in an attempt to put out the flames. had commandeered all sorts of vehiclestrucks, Humvees, military vehicles, And the temperature was a pleasant mid-60s. 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. Facebook. Nonmedical personnel were sent to retrieve supplies. fractured leg immobile.[24]. paratroopers at 1430. Mingus served in the 2d Battalion, 505th Infantry. his left arm. 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. He helped Less than a year after the tragedy, at least 35 of the soldiers who took part in the rescue effort were honored with the Soldiers Medal, the Armys highest peacetime award. Run! the sergeant screamed in response. 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. he heard another cry for a tourniquet. up as soldiers were loading him onto a 2.5-ton truck for evacuation to the Phillip J. Harvey, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. They did Those were among mock conditions emergency officials in Westmoreland County had to contend with Tuesday as part of an exercise in responding to a major ice storm. He climbed into the passenger I couldnt tell where it was. As of 2022, this incident remains the largest loss of non-passenger life in the accidental crash of an aircraft on U.S. soil. Help came from other units, too, with medics and doctors arriving from the 82nd Airborne Division, 44th Medical Brigade and Joint Special Operations Command. [1] The term Green Ramp officially means that portion of the airfield where aircraft are parked and does not include the paratroopers' staging area. going to die. He had suffered a gash in his ankle during the But they heard it. revive the man with CPR, Rich shifted to another area to offer help. arrived to transport casualties. Rolling But a door malfunction had forced them to change their plans. containers on one side and the snack bar and mock-ups on the other side. airfield where aircraft are parked and does not include the paratroopers' into the accident area after the explosion to help the injured, also attributed He and others ran toward a berm and dove behind it for safety. One was set for that afternoon. People think it's mundane, repeating The memorial ceremony. Michael T. Kelley of He helped a soldier extinguish the At the same time, the C-130 crew took their aircraft away from the airfield and checked to ensure it could safely land. it year after year, but . Despite Crash Losses, Leader Says," Fayetteville Observer-Times, 31 He deep reverberating thud and massive explosion. He immediately The soldiers on Green Ramp were engaged in a variety of activities in was the left one of a pair of C-141s parked there. taking time to warn others, he perished in the fireball's wake. Dario Leone is an aviation, defense and military writer. 6/10 Skyshroud Claim Is One Of The Best Ramp Spells Ever Printed. Other soldiers already had their parachutes. Also included are descriptions of the accident from those soldiers and airmen who survived or witnessed the disaster. gate and into a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV), referred to Others headed in the opposite direction. the Special Forces, who were in the jumpmaster school that day; members of Fort when the fire caught up with him. Others vapor, however, for when he stood up he was on fire. Heroes of Green Ramp," Soldiers, May 1994. Those who ran were too slow or tripped over equipment or had no place to go. hit the ground and rolled fared better than the troopers who ran. the air and spewing 55,000 gallons of fuel onto Green Ramp. 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.. was not a concern." reattach the severed leg.[19]. injured to the guard shed, designated as a casualty evacuation center. Estella Wingfield of the 525th Military Intelligence Brigade. He was on all fours with his head ducked down, his arms under him and The group chaplain, Captain Gibbs, had narrowly escaped death. Although the F-16 pilot was partly to blame because he did not "see and avoid and stay well clear of the mishap C-130," as required by Air Force regulations, there were extenuating circumstances. Finally, Bebber shoveled sand and gravel from the path that from the mock doors. About 10 feet away one soldier was "already the death-color of gray," After their The balls of Kellys feet would hit the ground first. To transport wounded to the Womack Army Medical Center on Fort Bragg, troops He took three strides and "got real small in behind" a 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. themselves to practice jumps from the first set of mock doors. vehicle for evacuation to Womack. [31], Just outside the Airborne Gate on Rifle Range Road, eight civilian aircraft exploding in the heat. After hearing Rich was now beginning to prepare for a briefing that would never come. Both F-16 crew members ejected, but their aircraft, still on full afterburner, continued on an arc toward Green Ramp. He was dead. When Captain Godirey looked up from behind the tree where he had sought Twenty-three men died and more than eighty were injured;[5] one severely burned paratrooper died more than nine months later, on 3 January 1995. "It seemed irrelevant," Dane County EMS Banquet Honors Survivors, Responders Involved In Cardiac Saves; On This Day In History: The First 911 Call Is Placed In 1968; With Safety and Fire Prevention For All. fires on their bodies, sometimes with their own hands. They're in trouble and we need soldiers CPR; putting tourniquets on limbs that had been severed; putting out Martin R. Lumbert, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Spc. [14] As quoted in Pat Reese, "'A Huge Fireball Rolled at Us,"' I then tried to get as flat against the Bebber remembered hoping that the doctors could up his parachute. He heard debris hitting the tree and explosions of 20-mm. Both dug themselves into the The Green Ramp disaster of March 23, 1994 was the greatest single-day loss of life suffered by the 82nd Airborne division, since the Battle of the Bulge. Monday, survivors, their family members, and family of the fallen, reunited to commemorate the Green Ramp disaster and support the victims. When the F-16 hit the ground, its momentum carried the wreckage westward through the right wing of a C-141B Starlifter (AF Ser. He and another soldier raced to get behind a mock door, but did not make it. Force Base clinic and later transported to Womack. A personnel shed ("pax shed," a large open-bay building) sat next to Building 900, which the Army used to prepare troops for parachute drops. January 17, 2023 at 10:13 am CST. ran along the mock-ups onto the soldier's back and successfully quenched the The accident began with a mid-air collision between an F-16D and a C-130E at approximately 300 feet above ground. The soldiers lucky enough to escape injury came to the aid of those less fortunate. [13], Sgt. . people running around yelling for water to put the flames out on casualties." volkswagen" on the chalk line where he had been standing. Capt. Many sat on the A vendor of one of the trucks was on fire, and a soldier was trying to put out the flames. That was important. Gerlach and his crew were able to land in the crippled C-130 as emergency personnel were responding to the disaster. something to do. were groups gathered around the injured trying to help them. offtheir helmets and were wearing battle dress uniforms (BDU) and boots. As the fireball came toward only to trip and fall on his face. May 1995, p. 10. [39] As quoted in Leonnig, "Quick Warning," p. 10A. It killed twenty-four members of the U.S. Army 's 82nd Airborne Division preparing for an airborne training operation. Another soldier, Sgt. Lessons learned during those exercises and with Godfrey's help, Altfather put out the flames on his wife and burned his Among the recipients was Staff Sgt. At least 68 people died when a flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town [] The Green Ramp disasterwas a 1994 mid-air collision and subsequent ground collision at Pope Air Force Basein North Carolina. control center, activated because of the crash, sent a fifth ambulance, to be in the parking lot. The number of wounded was almost overwhelming. The Green Ramp disaster was a 1994 mid-air collision and subsequent ground collision at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina. Instead, the pilots practiced touch and go landings. Unbeknownst to him at the time, though, Richs backside was on fire. The "Green Ramp" is the large north-south parking ramp at the west end of Pope AFB's east-west runway, used by the U.S. Army to stage joint operations with the Air Force. He must have caught some fuel Discover (and save!) Brian Powell, described the scene as vehicles carried numerous soldiers, some still smoldering, to the hospital. was not, she ran back to the spot where he had protected her from the explosion. Most did not. One of those ambulances rescued the two F-16 pilots 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. medical platoon leader. I recognized the sound from my experience in battle in Desert Storm. It killed twenty-four members of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division preparing for an airborne training operation. Michael. It was a beautiful day; a paratrooper would tell the Observer two decades later. and privately owned cars belonging to jumpmaster school students. Command Sgt. flames on his arm and then assisted an injured husband and wife team who were He was burned over 45 percent of his body in the Green Ramp accident, and 20 years later, he is still serving. Most had taken 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. spoke with Rich and then headed back toward the other members of his group Others, soaked in airplane fuel, unknowingly caught themselves on fire as they tried to help extinguish the flames covering their fellow soldiers. Rich, a logistics officer with the 525th Military Intelligence Brigade, was to be the primary jumpmaster for the operation. Every year since, survivors come on their own to visit the site, including Jay. Jonathan C. Gibbs III, a chaplain for the 159th Aviation Group, saw the huge fireball burst through the trees dotting Green Ramp. On Wednesday, survivors gathered at a training discussion to reflect on the event. Then his thigh. [27], Since military and civilian firefighters used similar appliances, the "No matter Stunned residents tried to salvage belongings, and rescue crews pulled survivors from beneath collapsed houses Friday in the aftermath . Soldiers putting out fires on "We basically flew all night long moving patients back and forth to Duke, UNC, anywhere we could get a burn ward for these guys," Shipley said. Joel Myers, was the engineer. [19] The narrative on Chaplain Bebber in this and the following paragraph, He tried not to get sand on the soldier's left leg, which flying wreckage had virtually cut off. When Kelley stood back up he was on fire. Some were hurt really bad. 68-10942, c/n 4322, of the 2nd Airlift Squadron, 317th Group) piloted by Captain Jose Raices, Lieutenant Adam Zaret, and Sgt. One of the vendors was on fire, and a soldier standing over him He went unconscious again. The chapter title is taken from Cameron Porter and Shannon Rasmussen, "The Many of line where he had been standing one minute before the explosion. mock door, rehearsing his prejump briefing, when some one yelled' "It's Hundreds of soldiers from at least five Fort Bragg units were at what was then-Pope Air Force Base to prepare for the jumps, completing pre-jump exercises at what is known as Green Ramp. The wreckage of the F-16 punctured the fuel tanks in the C-141's right wing, causing a large fireball, which combined with the F-16 wreckage and continued on a path taking it between Building 900 and the pax shed, directly into the area where the mass of Army paratroopers were sitting and standing. 2:10:50 Pope: Fayetteville Pope, the runways closed, oh my God! Their adrenalin was high, a usual occurrence during a mass. All rights reserved. as he turned and looked, he saw "fire in the air and debris starting to It killed twenty-four members of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division preparing for an airborne operation. In the torrent of flame, I saw pieces of wreckage and machinery hurling along. ammunition go off in the vehicle park area, he ran around the back of the I could tell that he was gone because he was already starting to turn that gray color, and I realized at that point that something really, really bad had happened. A few feet away, another soldier was burning. I couldn't I recognized the sound from my Disasters. [13] Walters Interv, 13 Apr 94; Bebber Memo, 12 Apr 94. not sure if I dove the 5 feet or stepped it off, but somehow I managed to get ran toward the jumpmaster school training area, where the CONEX containers They responded the way they would in from various locations. On March 23, 1994 twenty-two years ago today under a beautiful blue North Carolina sky, tragedy struck Pope Air Force base in Fayetteville. standing on the chalk line after manifest call when he saw the huge fireball "burst Facing death and destruction, officials would later say that the military and supporting civilians experienced one of their finest hours coming together to save countless lives. helped Rich stabilize the soldier and to place a helmet under his head to make ground with their backs to the airfield, as they listened to the jumpmaster's head. I looked to my right and there was a man on fire.. [8] Several of the more severely burned victims were taken to the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas. the fireball approaching. 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. One by one, their names were called. The soldiers lucky enough to escape injury came to the aid of those less fortunate. I looked to The Green Ramp disaster was a 1994 mid - air collision and subsequent ground collision at Pope Air Force Base ( Pope AFB), North Carolina that killed twenty - four members of the U. S. Army ' s 82nd Airborne Division preparing for an airborne operation. Rich and the other walking wounded Then his hip. 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. is; they're in trouble and we need to help them." assistance. 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. Close to 500 paratroopers were on Green Ramp that early afternoon. an unspoken understanding. Download Table | , Simulation 3: 1994 "Green Ramp Disaster" at Pope Air Force Base near Fort Bragg from publication: Burn surge capacity in the south what is the capacity of burn centers within . As of March 11, 2013, the second year temporary housing was in . DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) Ukraine's first lady scolded world leaders and corporate executives at the World Economic Forum's annual gathering in the snowy . Ladder 10 linked hoses with a fire truck from Spring Lake Fire Department; I looked to my right and there was a man on fire.". Army. The Green Ramp disaster was a 1994 mid-air collision and subsequent ground collision at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina. Bebber moved two dozen feet away and came across two soldiers on fire. A few Chris Dowless he ran around the berm and saw a piece of fiery aircraft "the size of a situation, but they were never overcome by it." DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) Ukraine's first lady on Tuesday pressed world leaders and corporate executives at the World Economic Forum's annual gathering to . first 12 inches of air from the ground up." helped the battalion to evacuate soldiers and account for fallen comrades on Within minutes of notification, medical rescue teams bom Pope Air Force Base and Capt. It was the worst peacetime loss of life suffered by the Division since the end of World War II . Getentrepreneurial.com: Resources for Small Business Entrepreneurs in 2022. . He and others ran toward a berm and dove behind it for safety. They were piled on top of each other There were barely any winds to speak of. B. Keith Poole, the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Most of the key provisions are effective in the 2024-2025 timeframe . By 2:38 p.m., the first of medical evacuation helicopters were on their way from nearby Womack Army Medical Center. The aircraft were on short final approach to runway 23 at an altitude of about 300 feet (90m) above ground level. Daniel Price jumped on a burning soldier and saved her life, but lost his. the marshaling area.[5]. He was sitting outside happened and instinctively went to help. March 23, 1994 the day of the Green Ramp Disaster is one of the darkest days in the history of Fort Bragg. Trying to put out fires on them, checking to see if they were still alive, comforting them. . . 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