00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 476(MLV)                                                                                          
01 "An Act establishing YUKLA 27 Remembrance Day."                                                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 44.12 is amended by adding a new section to article 2 to read:                                      
04  Sec. 44.12.090.  YUKLA 27 REMEMBRANCE DAY.  (a)  YUKLA 27                                                             
05 Remembrance Day is established on September 22 each year to honor the memory of                                         
06 the American and Canadian airmen who perished in the crash of an Advanced Warning                                       
07 and Control System (AWACS) plane shortly after taking off from Elmendorf Air Force                                      
08 Base on September 22, 1995.  YUKLA 27, the call sign of this tragic flight, contained                                   
09 a crew of 24, none of whom survived.                                                                                    
10  (b)  The crew members of YUKLA 27 were Lieutenant Colonel Richard G.                                                  
11 Leary, U.S.A.F., Navigator; Major Richard Patrick Stewart II, U.S.A.F., Mission Crew                                    
12 Commander; Major Marlon R. Thomas, U.S.A.F., Mission Crew Commander; Major                                              
13 Steven A. Tuttle, U.S.A.F., Airborne Surveillance Officer; Captain Glenn J. "Skip"                                      
14 Rogers, U.S.A.F., Pilot; Captain Robert J. Long, U.S.A.F., Senior Director; Captain                                     
01 Bradley W. Paakola, U.S.A.F., Pilot; First Lieutenant Carlos A. Arriaga, U.S.A.F.,                                      
02 Weapons Director; Master Sergeant Stephen C. O'Connell, U.S.A.F., Advanced Air                                          
03 Surveillance Technician; Technical Sergeant Bart L. Holmes, U.S.A.F., Flight                                            
04 Engineer;  Technical Sergeant Ernest R. Parrish, U.S.A.F., Area Specialist; Sergeant                                    
05 David L. Pitcher, C.A.F., Battle Director Technician; Technical Sergeant Charles D.                                     
06 Sweet, Jr., U.S.A.F., Airborne Radar Technician; Technical Sergeant Brian K. Van                                        
07 Leer, U.S.A.F., Advanced Air Surveillance Technician; Technical Sergeant Mark A.                                        
08 Bramer, U.S.A.F., Flight Engineer; Technical Sergeant Timothy B. Thomas, U.S.A.F.,                                      
09 Computer Display Maintenance Technician; Technical Sergeant Mark A. Collins,                                            
10 U.S.A.F., Communications Systems Operator; Master Corporal J.-P. Legault, C.A.F.,                                       
11 Communications Technician;  Staff Sergeant Scott A. Bresson, U.S.A.F., Airborne                                         
12 Radar Technician; Staff Sergeant Raymond O. Spencer, Jr., U.S.A.F., Airborne                                            
13 Surveillance Technician; Senior Airman Joshua N. Weter, U.S.A.F., Computer Display                                      
14 Maintenance Technician; Senior Airman Lawrence E. DeFrancesco, U.S.A.F.,                                                
15 Communications Systems Operator; Airman Darien F. Watson, U.S.A.F., Airborne                                            
16 Surveillance Technician; and  Airman Jeshua C. Smith, U.S.A.F., Airborne                                                
17 Surveillance Technician.                                                                                                
18  (c)  The governor shall issue a proclamation to commemorate YUKLA 27                                                  
19 Remembrance Day and shall direct that the Alaska flag be flown at half-mast on that                                     
20 day.  The day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups                                     
21 and the public.