AWACS Memorial Service pamphlet

Memorial Service for the crew members of Yukla 27

Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
27 September 1995

*Arrival of the Family Members of YUKLA 27

*Presentation of the Colors

*National Anthems of Canada and the United States

*Invocation


Responsive Reading Psalm 23

Chaplain: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want;

People: He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters;

Chaplain: He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

People: Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

Chaplain: Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou anointest my head with oil, my cup overflows.

People: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Congregational Hymn "O God Our Help in Ages Past"

O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, 
  our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home.
Before the hills in order stood, or earth received her frame,
  from everlasting you are God to endless years the same.
A thousand ages in your sight, are like an evening gone,
  short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun.
O God, our help in ages past, our help for yeras to come,
  remain our guard, while life shall last and our eternal home.


Scripture Reading                                               Psalm 130
                                                                John 14:1-4

Meditation

*Meritorious Service Medal Presentation

Wreath Laying Ceremony


United States and Canadian Forces in Alaska


3rd Wing, 962nd Airborne Air Control 
Squadron, 381st Intelligence Squadron
Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska

The Air Force Hymn

"Lord Guard and Guide the Ones Who Fly"

*Military Honors

Rifle Salute

Taps

*Benediction

Fly By

Crew Members of Yukla 27

Richard G. Leary, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
Navigator

Richard P. Stewart II, Major, USAF
Mission Crew Commander

Marlon R. Thomas, Major, USAF
Mission Crew Commander

Steve Tuttle, Major, USAF
Airborne Surveillance Officer

Glenn "Skip" Rogers, Captain, USAF
Pilot

Robert John Long, Captain USAF
Senior Director

Bradley W. Paakola, Captain, USAF
Pilot

Carlos Alberto Arriaga, First Lieutenant, USAF
Weapons Director

Stephen C. O'Connel, Master Sergeant, USAF
Advanced Air Surveillance Technician

Bart L. Holmes, Technical Sergeant, USAF
Flight Engineer

Ernest R. Parrish, Technical Sergeant, USAF
Area Specialist

Dave Pitcher, Sergeant, CAF
Battle Director Technician

Charles D. Sweet, Jr., Technical Sergeant, USAF
Airborne Radar Technician

Brian K. Vanleer, Technical Sergeant, USAF
Advanced Air Surveillance Technician

Mark Alan Bramer, Technical Sergeant, USAF
Flight Engineer

Timothy B. Thomas, Technical Sergeant, USAF
Computer Display Maintenance Technician

Mark A. Collins, Technical Sergeant, USAF
Commmunications Systems Operator

J.P. Legault, Master Corporal, CAF
Communications Technician

Scott A. Bresson, Staff Sergeant, USAF
Airborne Radar Technician

Raymond O. Spencer, Jr., Staff Sergeant, USAF
Airborne Surveillance Technician

Joshua N. Weter, Senior Airman, USAF
Computer Display Maintenance Technician

Lawrence E. DeFrancesco, Senior Airman, USAF
Communications Systems Operator

Darien F. Watson, Airman, USAF
Airborne Surveillance Technician

Jeshua C. Smith, Airman, USAF
Airborne Surveillance Technician

"High Flight"

by

John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds--and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of--wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence, Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew,
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.

This page was authored by A1C Aaron A. Green the Webmaster of the Elmendorf AFB, AK. Web Site.. This page was first displayed at the Elmendorf Web Site in October of 1995. A1C Green has granted the Airborne Early Warning Association permission to display this slightly modified version of the original web page on our web site.


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