| "YUKLA", the call sign for all 962nd AACS flights, is from an Alaskan dialect meaning "EAGLE". |
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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. The following year a memorial to the crew of Yukla27 was dedicated at Elmendorf AFB, AK. The centerpiece is a large model of an E-3B/C. Click here to view some photos of the memorial taken in 2003 by Jim Lawler. |
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View a digital version of the Memorial Service Pamphlet that was originally displayed on the Elmendorf AFB, AK Web Site in October of 1995. |
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View a scanned image of the crew photos that was carried in the Air Force Times shortly after the crash. |
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Visit the Yukla27.Org web site established by Michael Long, the father of Captain "Cowboy" Long a member of Yukla27's crew. See the commemoritive display presented to the 962nd AACS by the Airborne Early Warning Association |
Other Yukla27 Links: University of Colorado 962 AACS |
