Two decades later, remembering the 18 fallen airmen of the National Guard Red Horse squadron
The transport plane went down in Georgia on its way home to NAS Oceana, killing everyone on board. Author: Mike Gooding Updated: 9:43 PM EST March 3, 2021
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. To this day, March 3, 2001, goes down as the worst peace-time aviation mishap in the history of the National Guard.
Eighteen local airmen died that day, 20 years ago on Wednesday. Their names are forever etched in stone at their home base, the State Military Reservation, Camp Pendleton.
At a 20th anniversary memorial service, Taps was played and a wreath was was laid to honor the 18 members of the 203rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (Red Horse) Squadron.