FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Saturday marks 30 years since the deadly Green Ramp Disaster, that killed the most soldiers in the 82nd Airborne in a single event since World War II.

The father of a Minnesota soldier who was among five U.S. soldiers killed in an overseas helicopter crash tells WCCO he survived the 1994 "Green Ramp disaster" that killed 24 U.S. service members.

Firefighters spray foam and water on a burning C-141 aircraft that burst into flames at Green Ramp on Pope Air Force Base, March 23, 1994. The C-141 was set ablaze after it was struck by an F-16 ...

A tragic incident where a ramp malfunction caused the deaths of 852 people—learn the details of this devastating disaster.

The Green Ramp Disaster, 24 years later Soldier recognitions In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, the Air Force did not formally recognize the airmen who rushed to the scene.

Former Fayetteville Observer reporters instinctively knew that an aircraft crash at then-Pope Air Force Base 30 years ago meant it was their job to find out what happened. Reporters confirmed the ...

On March 23, 1994, then-Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base saw a mid-air collision that killed 24 paratroopers on the ground.

Former Fayetteville Observer reporters instinctively knew that an aircraft crash at then-Pope Air Force Base 30 years ago meant it was their job to find out what happened. Reporters confirmed the ...