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Flooding impacts Pope Airmen, operations

By Marc Barnes, 43d Air Mobility Operations Group / Published September 30, 2016

POPE FIELD, N.C. -- A C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, sits on Green Ramp here early Sept. 29 during a storm which dumped more than nine inches of rain on the base in two days, resulting in flooding and washed out roads around the installation. Crews from McChord and other Air Mobility Command bases rode out the storm while waiting to resume operations during Large Package Week, a quarterly exercise which provides vital airlift training for Air Force crews from Pope and AMC bases nationwide, and for Fort Bragg Army paratroopers and support units. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)
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POPE FIELD, N.C. -- A C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, sits on Green Ramp here early Sept. 29 during a storm which dumped more than nine inches of rain on the base in two days, resulting in flooding and washed out roads around the installation. Crews from McChord and other Air Mobility Command bases rode out the storm while waiting to resume operations during Large Package Week, a quarterly exercise which provides vital airlift training for Air Force crews from Pope and AMC bases nationwide, and for Fort Bragg Army paratroopers and support units. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

POPE FIELD, N.C. -- Vehicles make a big splash while driving through deep water here Sept. 29, following a storm here which dumped more than nine inches of rain on the base in two days, resulting in flooding and washed out roads around the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)
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POPE FIELD, N.C. -- Vehicles make a big splash while driving through deep water here Sept. 29, following a storm here which dumped more than nine inches of rain on the base in two days, resulting in flooding and washed out roads around the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

POPE FIELD, N.C. -- Fort Bragg officials prepare to block a lane on Reilly Road near the flightline here Sept. 29, following a storm here which dumped more than nine inches of rain on the base in two days, resulting in flooding and washed out roads around the installation. Water near the road reached more than six feet following the storm, and slowed traffic to a crawl. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)
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POPE FIELD, N.C. -- Fort Bragg officials prepare to block a lane on Reilly Road near the flightline here Sept. 29, following a storm here which dumped more than nine inches of rain on the base in two days, resulting in flooding and washed out roads around the installation. Water near the road reached more than six feet following the storm, and slowed traffic to a crawl. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

POPE FIELD, N.C. -- A fence surrounding the flightline here is almost entirely submerged in floodwater after a storm in the area dumped more than nine inches of rain on the base in two days, resulting in flooding and washed out roads around the installation. Water crossing nearby Reilly Road slowed traffic to a crawl. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)
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POPE FIELD, N.C. -- A fence surrounding the flightline here is almost entirely submerged in floodwater after a storm in the area dumped more than nine inches of rain on the base in two days, resulting in flooding and washed out roads around the installation. Water crossing nearby Reilly Road slowed traffic to a crawl. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

POPE FIELD, N.C. -- Vehicles sit partially submerged in water near the 18th Air Support Operations Group headquarters here Sept. 29 following a storm here which dumped more than nine inches of rain on the base in two days, resulting in flooding and washed out roads around the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)
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POPE FIELD, N.C. -- Vehicles sit partially submerged in water near the 18th Air Support Operations Group headquarters here Sept. 29 following a storm here which dumped more than nine inches of rain on the base in two days, resulting in flooding and washed out roads around the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

POPE FIELD, N.C. -- A Fort Bragg military policeman blocks traffic on Hurst Road near the flightline here, protecting drivers from deep running water further up the road Sept. 29. A storm in the area dumped more than nine inches of rain on the base in two days, resulting in flooding and washed out roads around the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)
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POPE FIELD, N.C. -- A Fort Bragg military policeman blocks traffic on Hurst Road near the flightline here, protecting drivers from deep running water further up the road Sept. 29. A storm in the area dumped more than nine inches of rain on the base in two days, resulting in flooding and washed out roads around the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

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POPE FIELD, N.C. -- A C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, sits on Green Ramp here early Sept. 29 during a storm which dumped more than nine inches of rain on the base in two days, resulting in flooding and washed out roads around the installation. Crews from McChord and other Air Mobility Command bases rode out the storm while waiting to resume operations during Large Package Week, a quarterly exercise which provides vital airlift training for Air Force crews from Pope and AMC bases nationwide, and for Fort Bragg Army paratroopers and support units. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)