A United States Air Force (USAF) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" id="mwAQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16</a> aircraft collides with a USAF <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-130_Hercules" id="mwAQ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="C-130 Hercules">C-130</a> at <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Air_Force_Base" id="mwAQ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pope Air Force Base">Pope Air Force Base</a> and then crashes, killing 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground. This later became known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Ramp_disaster" id="mwAQ8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Green Ramp disaster">Green Ramp disaster</a>.