Have a great Independence Day! Begin it with these awesome pics of fireworks over a C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster at Yokota Air Base!

Members of the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group are regularly involved in service throughout our community. Several Airmen volunteer with the local Heroes on the Water chapter to host free fishing events for service members, police officers and other civil servants in the Fayetteville area. Here, Airmen from our 43d Air Mobility Squadron participate in the Heroes on the Water event at the newly reopened Hope Mills Lake July 1.

Pope Airmen, the USO of North Carolina and race sponsors are inviting you to attend the night race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Aug. 18, for free! Active duty, Reserve and National Guard can attend and bring a guest -- two free tickets per military family. Reserve your tickets and get additional details at the link below. 👇

Airmen at Pope, you can request free tickets to a concert at Walnut Creek this Thursday! See below for more information.

The USO of North Carolina gives so much to Airmen and Soldiers at Fort Bragg — they’d love to have you join them during an event they’re hosting in downtown Fayetteville this Saturday, June 16. Watch this video to hear from participants in last year’s event. To learn more or to register, go to fayettevillechallenge.com.

Off they go into the wild blue yonder ... Our Airmen were proud to support visiting aircrews and Fort Bragg paratroopers who launched from Pope Field today during the #SwiftResponse exercise. Have a great weekend! #WillingAbleReady #PopeAirmen #ProudToBeAMC 18th Air Force U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center Fort Bragg, N.C. Fort Bragg Paraglide 82nd Airborne Division

Congratulations to the 12 technical sergeants in the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group who were selected for promotion to master sergeant last week! Congrats as well to the selectees in our partner Air Force units at Pope Field — we're proud of all of you and look forward to seeing you become senior NCO's throughout the next year. Well done! #43in43 #PopeAirmen

In this episode of #43in43, take a look as our new 43d Air Mobility Operations Group commander, Col. Timothy Danielson, takes command of the Gryphons near Green Ramp here May 23. Maj. Gen. Christopher Bence, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, presided over the ceremony.