The aircraft, serial number 77-0354 with callsign Yukla 27, hit birds on departure from Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, United States. With the loss of thrust from both of the left engines, the aircraft crashed into a wooded area less than a mile from the end of the runway.

1995年9月22日 · The aircraft, operated by the US Air Force 962nd Airborne Air Control Sqn, 3rd Wing, was assigned call-sign Yukla 27 for a 6.2 hr training mission. At 07.43h Yukla 27 was holding short of runway 5, waiting for takeoff, when a Lockheed Hercules departed.

2020年9月23日 · Yukla 27, a U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft assigned to the 962nd AACS, encountered a flock of geese Sept. 22, 1995, and crashed shortly after takeoff on a routine surveillance training …

The aircraft, operated by the US Air Force 962nd Airborne Air Control Sqn, 3rd Wing, was assigned call-sign Yukla 27 for a 6.2 hr training mission. At 07:43 Yukla 27 was holding short of runway 05, waiting for takeoff, when a Lockheed Hercules departed. This aircraft disturbed a flock of Canada geese.

On 22 Sept 1996, a Memorial was dedicated at Elmendorf AFB, AK. on behalf of the 24 men that fatefully lost their lives aboard Aircraft 0354, Callsign Yukla 27, assigned to the 962 AACS. The memorial is surrounded by 24 Spruce trees, one for every member aboard the aircraft--their humanity. 24 bronze cast name plaques adorn the wall, one for ...

2007年9月28日 · Yukla 27 was airborne for only 40 seconds before the flight ended in tragedy. Twenty four U.S. and Canadian Airmen lost their lives, giving the ultimate sacrifice to their countries. Accident investigators officially confirmed everyone's initial suspicion. The crash was unequivocally due to bird strikes.

Twenty-five years ago, the crew members of a U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft assigned to the 962nd AACS, call sign “Yukla 27,” prepared for a routine surveillance training sortie.

YUKLA27 was the call sign of the U.S. Air Force E-3 (AWACS) aircraft that crashed September 22, 1995, at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. Twenty-Four aircrew perished in that crash. The crash occurred on takeoff and was the result of a collision with geese, the geese being ingested into two of the engines.

2009年8月28日 · The aircraft was dispatched out from Elmendorf AFB on an AWACS survey mission under call sign Yukla 27, carrying 20 passengers and four crew members. Shortly after takeoff from runway 05, while in initial climb, the aircraft collided with a flock of Canada geese that struck both left engines n°1 and 2.

2020年10月6日 · “Twenty-five years ago today, the 24 crewmembers of Yukla 27 – 22 United States Air Force and two Royal Canadian Air Force – paid the ultimate sacrifice, not only as Americans and Canadians but as brothers and sisters in arms,” said Royal Canadian Air Force Lt. Col. Shawn Guilbault, 552nd ACW Canadian Detachment commander.