On December 12, 1985, eight flight crew and 248 soldiers lifted off from Newfoundland's Gander International Airfield, bound for the home of the 101st Airborne
On December 11, the Hopkinsville community honored Mayor Wendell Lynch with a farewell reception at the Bruce Convention Center, which was emceed by Tab Brockman, Parks and Recreation Superintendent.
Every year on the anniversary of the Dec. 12, 1985, air crash that killed 248 soldiers, community members and Fort Campbell officials meet for a memorial service in Hopkinsville.