An E-3B AWACS <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Alaska_Boeing_E-3_Sentry_accident" id="mw6g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1995 Alaska Boeing E-3 Sentry accident">crashes</a> outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.