YourVoice.Now Summary
Nine Air Force crew members died in a 1982 crash — their memorial could move to a rest area, at no federal cost.
The details
Most people would notice no change in daily life. A memorial to nine Air Force crew members now sits on private land in western North Carolina. The nine died when their C-141B transport plane crashed during a training flight in 1982. Under the bill, the Agriculture Department could let the memorial move to a public rest area on the Cherohala Skyway. That rest area sits at mile marker 2 in Graham County, inside the Nantahala National Forest. No federal money could pay for the move. Whoever asks for it would cover every cost. That includes the permit paperwork, the environmental review, the work itself, and later upkeep. The private landowner would have to agree first. State highway officials would also have to approve the new spot. Nothing here forces the move to happen.
Congressional Summary
Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act This bill authorizes the Forest Service to relocate a memorial in North Carolina honoring the nine Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a training mission on August 31, 1982, if the owner of the private land where the memorial is currently located consents. The Forest Service may relocate the memorial to an appropriate site at the Stratton Ridge rest area located at mile marker 2 on the Cherohala Skyway in Graham County, North Carolina, in the Nantahala National Forest. The site must be approved by (1) the North Carolina Department of Transportation, and (2) the Federal Highway Administration if the site is located adjacent to a federal-aid highway.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Reported to Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-10-27
- Date Added
- 2026-06-28
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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