00HOUSE BILL NO. 476                                                                                                      
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 airmen who perished in the crash of an Advanced Warning and Control System                                          
07 (AWACS) plane shortly after taking off from Elmendorf Air Force Base on                                                 
08 September 22, 1995.  YUKLA 27, the call sign of this tragic flight, contained a crew                                    
09 of 24, none of whom survived.                                                                                           
10  (b)  The crew members of YUKLA 27 were First Lieutenant Carlos A. Arriaga,                                            
11 Weapons Director;  Technical Sergeant Mark A. Bramer, Flight Engineer; Staff                                            
12 Sergeant Scott A. Bresson, Airborne Radar Technician; Technical Sergeant Mark A.                                        
13 Collins, Communications Systems Operator; Senior Airman Lawrence E. DeFrancesco,                                        
14 Communications Systems Operator; Technical Sergeant Bart L. Holmes, Flight                                              

01 Engineer; Lieutenant Colonel Richard G. Leary, Navigator; Master Corporal J.-P.                                         
02 Legault, Communications Technician; Captain Robert J. Long, Senior Director; Master                                     
03 Sergeant Stephen C. O'Connell, Advanced Air Surveillance Technician; Captain                                            
04 Bradley W. Paakola, Pilot; Technical Sergeant Ernest R. Parrish, Area Specialist;                                       
05 Sergeant David L. Pitcher, Battle Director Technician; Captain Glenn J. "Skip" Rogers,                                  
06 Pilot; Airman  Jeshua C. Smith, Airborne Surveillance Technician; Staff Sergeant                                        
07 Raymond O. Spencer, Jr., Airborne Surveillance Technician;  Major Richard Patrick                                       
08 Stewart II, Mission Crew Commander; Technical Sergeant Charles D. Sweet, Jr.,                                           
09 Airborne Radar Technician; Major Marlon R. Thomas, Mission Crew Commander;                                              
10 Technical Sergeant Timothy B. Thomas, Computer Display Maintenance Technician;                                          
11 Major Steven A. Tuttle, Airborne Surveillance Officer; Technical Sergeant Brian K.                                      
12 Van Leer, Advanced Air Surveillance Technician; Airman Darien F. Watson, Airborne                                       
13 Surveillance Technician; and Senior Airman Joshua N. Weter, Computer Display                                            
14 Maintenance Technician.                                                                                                 
15  (c)  The governor shall issue a proclamation to commemorate YUKLA 27                                                  
16 Remembrance Day and shall direct that the Alaska flag be flown at half-mast on that                                     
17 day.  The day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups                                     
18 and the public.