Two Air Force officers involved in the crash were relieved of duty and transferred to other jobs. In March 1995 the Green Ramp survivors could be seen around Fort Bragg in their battle dress uniforms, going to work. His writing has appeared in The National Interest and other news media. He expected to burst into flames. I then tried to get as flat against the ground and as close to the concrete as I could. They wore special burn dressings, gloves, and other protective garments. Others were running around in half panic, half dazed, looking for someone to help or something to do. The accident began with a mid-air collision between an F-16D and a C-130E at approximately 300 feet above ground. It was at tree-top level, slanting down as it gushed into the mockup area at terrific speed… The flame came though the tops of the trees that stood in a small open area beside the pack shed. Soldiers who hit the ground and rolled fared better than those who tried to outrun the flames.Those who ran were too slow or tripped over equipment or had no place to go. ®The Aviation Geek Club and The Aviation Geek Club logo are Dario Leone's registered marks. Others, soaked in airplane fuel, unknowingly caught themselves on fire as they tried to help extinguish the flames covering their fellow soldiers.Sgt. 5 talking about this. Others headed in the opposite direction. Three enlisted men also were disciplined.
As the torrent rushed in I could hear cries of alarm, curses, and someone yelling “run” from the mock-ups.
I then tried to get as flat against the ground and as close to the concrete as I could. 23, 1994 Green Ramp disaster at the former Pope Air Force Base.The accident began with a mid-air collision between Most of the soldiers didn’t see the crash. 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. He expected to burst into flames. No.
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®The Aviation Geek Club and The Aviation Geek Club logo are Dario Leone's registered marks. I looked to my right and there was a man on fire.”Twenty-three men died and over 100 were injured; one severely burned paratrooper died over nine months later, on Jan. 3, 1995.Dario Leone is an aviation, defense and military writer.
I was standing perhaps thirty feet beside the edge of the blast and could see eddies of the flame curling out toward me. Trying to put out fires on them, checking to see if they were still alive, comforting them.