Green Ramp Incident

Running head: GREEN RAMP

Green Ramp Incident, March 1994 Pope Air Force Base

Abstract
This paper addresses the accident that occurred in Pope Air Force Base on 23rd March of 1994, it catastrophic results and the rescue effort at the scene. The first part of the paper will cover an overview the background of the incident to include the weather and conditions. Then the development of the accident, the victims and some witness statements will be discussed. Part III addresses the firefighters and rescue team effort and reaction to the accident and the methods used to extinguish the fires caused by the accident. The paper focus on the contingency planning, training, and reaction times of the rescue teams in regards
It was then approximately at 1400 local time when the C-130 was in the process of completing a final approach to runway 23 when it was impacted from behind by an F-16. The F-16 was part of a three ship F-16 Surface Attack Tactics training mission in the local area of Pope AFB (Santillo, 1994). Upon completion of the tactical mission the F-16 returned tom Pope airfield by itself to conduct a straight-in simulated flame-out (SFO) low approach. The F-16 pilot received clearance from the control tower and was advised of C-130 on the go. The pilot then increased power in order to avoid the other aircraft, which he did not had in sight, by conducting a go around. At this time the F-16 struck the right horizontal stabilizer of the C-130 causing multiple sections from both planes to fly away and debris to just spread around the field. After the collision the two pilots of the F-16 ejected the aircraft and the C-130 was safely landed by the pilot under VFR rules. Diagram 1 in the annex portrays the
I recognized the sound from my experience in battle in Desert Storm. 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. 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. In the torrent of flame I saw pieces of wreckage and machinery hurling along. As the torrent rushed in I could hear cries of alarm, curses, and someone yelling "run" from the mock-ups. The fire blast crackled as it blasted in, and at its sides it curled outward as it went forward. I was standing perhaps thirty feet beside the edge of the blast, and could see eddies of the flame curling out toward me. I turned and ran from the flame, to just beyond the right end of the pack shed, where . . . I no longer felt the intense heat, so I stopped. To my left, out on the aircraft ramp, now in my line of sight I could see a parked C-141 engulfed in flames. It was the left one of a pair of C-141s parked there” Upon the crash the Pope tower flight data controller activated the crash net which alerted the ARFF personnel at Station 7. The firefighting facility reacted and mobilized in a quick response with two crash vehicles, five fire fighting vehicles,