1988 Schedule of events program book.
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I was only 5 years old...
when the Ramstein Airshow Tradegy happened. I wasn't even there at the airshow but my dad was. My dad was based out of Germany with the US Army. My dad, at that time was a flight-medic with the US Army, and he and his crew were on the Ramstein Airfield base that day in their Blackhawk Helicopter incase of an emergency. Well everyones fear's that day happend and a terrible tradegy happend. |
I remember that day vividly... I was an USAF Staff Sergeant working in one of the many hotdog/hamburgers stands setup not far from the runway. I remember enjoying the show, while serving hotdogs to the crowd. I noticed the Italian team was making a heart shape maneuver in their small stunt jets. As I was handing a hotdog to a little boy, I heard what sounded like two swords clashing together and running down each other and then a BOOM. |
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I was also there that day....
I was stationed at Landstuhl. I had my four month old son in a stroller and I had taken the day to spend time with my German girlfriends. |
It was August 28th 1988 and I was.... stationed at Ramstein AB , Germany . I was the Non-commissioned officer in charge of the Flight Medicine Clinic and the Sr. medical technician on the Primary Disaster Response Team. It was to be an exciting air show called Flughtag, which translates to Air Day. |
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My name is Daimon and this is my story of the flugtag august 28,1988 |
I will remember that day I will remember that day as long as I live, as I thinkeveryone else who was there will also. It was the day before the school year began. I was a junior that year at RAHS. It dawned bright and early for us, as one of my brothers was in JROTC and we were volunteering at their concession fundraiser. I remember getting there very early before all the visitors to help set up the concession, but when we got there, the adults within the ROTC program were arguing with the adults in M WR. |
Flugtag 1988...
The Ramstein Flugtag Memorial site brought together many people each with their own story and puzzle piece of events. The stories filled some of gaps by those that witnessed the August 28, 1988 tragedy. People revealed their memories and spoke of the close calls that warned them away from the danger. There were many near misses by as few as a second or an inch and other such stories that make us wonder.
I have to warn you that the stories are powerful and real. As I read them, I found myself back on that day remembering the sights and sounds yet I had to read each one as each filled in a part that was missing.
Germany holds many memories both good and bad yet the people that helped us, hugged us and supported us in our time of sorrow and loss are the ones we remember most.
Share your own story with us. They will be posted for a limited time here on the Memorial site. Send you story in text form, include your name and email. Your email will not be posted. Or you can also add your story to our guestbook where others can respond to you.
My Story
The day began cool in the morning. We were excited about the air show. We had recently moved to the Landstuhl high-rise apartments just two months earlier. We were originally from Kansas, Ark City to be precise. We had been stationed at McConnell AFB outside of Wichita, Kansas. New to Germany, I wasn't used to this area and my husband was away quite often as his crew chief position required. He was gone TDY on this weekend.
I was a bit worried about going to this show. My apprehension was due to the large number of protesters that had frequented the base entrances with their signs protesting the air base's low level flying. The flying by fighters had recently resulted in a few crashes. More....
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