SENATE RESOLUTION 155

A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED

a Memoriam of the “green ramp disaster”

on March 23, 1994, at

Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina

 

Short Title:  A Memoriam of the “Green Ramp Disaster” on March 23, 1994 (Public)

Sponsored by:  Senator Hutcherson

First Reading:  March 17, 2004  Version Date:  March 14, 2004

Referred to:

 

WHEREAS,   on March 23, 1994, approximately 500 Paratroopers from the 82^nd Airborne Division's 504^th Infantry, 505^th Infantry, and 782^nd Support Battalion and the XVIII Airborne Corps' 525^th Military Intelligence Brigade and 1-159^th Aviation Regiment stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, prepared for an Airborne Operation at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina; and,

WHEREAS,   shortly after 1400 hours on March 23, 1994, a F-16D Fighting Falcon aircraft tried to land on the airfield at the same time as a C-130 Hercules aircraft attempted to land causing a crash; and,

WHEREAS,   this crash produced a massive fire which plowed through Paratroopers at Green Ramp injuring over 100 Paratroopers and caused the death of over 24 Paratroopers; and,

WHEREAS,   this tragic accident resulted in the worst peacetime loss of life suffered by the 82^nd Airborne Division since World War II; now, therefore be it,

RESOLVED,  That this day the North Carolina State University Student Senate remembers when military personnel train they still risk their lives to protect America; and, be it further

RESOLVED,  That from this day forward that the North Carolina State University Student Senate request that each March 23^rd be observed by lighting the Bell Tower to shine red, to cause all to pause and remember.