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On Elmendorf AFB, on September 22, 1995, at 0747 hours, a Boeing E-3B Sentry AWACS from the 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron crashed shortly after takeoff for a routine surveillance training sortie. Twenty-four American and Canadian airmen lost their lives that morning in what is remembered as service and sacrifice in the defense of freedom. They were 1Lt Carlos A. Arriaga, TSgt Mark A. Bramer, SSgt Scott A. Bresson, TSgt Mark A. Collins, SrA Lawrence E. DeFrancisco, TSgt Bart L. Holmes, Sr., Lt Col Richard G. Leary, MCpl Joseph J. P. Legault, Capt Robert J. Long, MSgt Stephen C. O'Connell, Capt Bradley W. Paakola, TSgt Ernest R. Parrish, SGT David L. Pitcher, Capt Glenn "Skip" Rogers, Jr., Amn Jeshua C. Smith, SSgt Raymond O. Spencer, Jr., Maj Richard P. Stewart II, TSgt Charles D. Sweet, Jr., Maj Marlon R. Thomas, TSgt Timothy B. Thomas, Maj Steven A. Tuttle, TSgt Brian K. Van Leer, Amn Darien F. Watson, and SrA Joshua N. Weter.
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