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Green Ramp disaster

1994 in North Carolina20th-century history of the United States Air Force20th-century history of the United States ArmyAccidents and incidents involving United States Air Force aircraftAccidents and incidents involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Aviation accidents and incidents in North CarolinaAviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1994Cumberland County, North CarolinaHistory of North CarolinaMarch 1994 events in the United StatesMid-air collisionsMid-air collisions involving military aircraft
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The Green Ramp disaster was a 1994 mid-air collision and subsequent ground collision at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina. It killed twenty-four members of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division preparing for an airborne training operation.As of 2023, this incident has the largest number of ground fatalities for an accidental crash of an aircraft on U.S. soil. It was also the worst peacetime loss of life suffered by the division since the end of World War II.

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