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  • Navigating the Carolinas: Fort Fisher, Kure Beach

    Small cottages, big memories. This simple but playful phrase is posted on one of the hotel signs as you enter Kure Beach, N.C. and seems to ring true to the city's subtle nature. Kure Beach is probably, to some, an afterthought being that it is about 15 miles south of the more well known and

  • This month in Pope History

    Pope Field From June 29 through Oct. 23, 1929, 1st Lieutenant Ulysses Jones commanded Pope Field. Nearly a year later, the 2nd Balloon Company became the host unit on June 19, 1930. World War II On June 16, 1943, Capt. Jay Zeamer and Lt. Joseph Sarnoski from the 43rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) earned

  • Navigating the Carolinas: So much to do, so close to home

    More than 500 public events each year, 55 parks, 17 golf courses and nine museums. For an area with so much emphasis on the military, the Fayetteville area sure does have a lot of attractions for tourism. So, while it's great to navigate the rest of North Carolina throughout this summer, it might be

  • Iraqis, servicemembers connect through tennis

    Military volunteers brought a bit of joy into the lives of Iraqi children as they introduced them to a little-known sport at Area 4, Iraqi Army base in western Baghdad, May 17. These volunteers brought tennis to Iraqi children through the gift of donated tennis equipment. This equipment, for the

  • Deployed Pope C-130 crew saves severely burned Iraqi woman

    What does the recipe for an extraordinary human feat call for? For those involved in the mission of a severely burned Iraqi woman it called for one pound of hard work, a dash of know-how and a pinch of never quit. In the early morning hours of April 30, the flight crew of the 746th Expeditionary

  • Local veteran remembers patriation mission

    As a young man, Bruce G. "Grant" Lewis enjoyed talking with his uncle, a World War II fighter pilot who'd been shot down and spent time as a prisoner of war. He wanted to see what the world beyond Lumberton, N.C., looked like, and thought he could work on his education away from the small town as

  • Convoy work a different world for LRS Airmen

    When Airman 1st Class Brittany Goff, 43rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, joined the Air Force as part of her desire to explore the world, she probably didn't foresee that desire coming true quite so quickly. For the past seven months, Airman Goff has spent her days moving supplies around to different

  • Pope history for May

    World War II Throughout the Pacific, Brig. Gen. George Kenney's Fifth Air Force continued their attack upon Japanese bases and ships in May 1942. For instance, the 43rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) participated in a raid on Lae. One of three major Japanese bases in Papua New Guinea, Lae was located on

  • Taking volunteering to a whole new level

    Volunteering is an important part of almost every Airman's life. Giving up nights, weekends and holidays to give back to the local community and beyond is commonplace at every base. We take it even further by donating to charities through worldwide programs like Combined Federal Campaign and helping

  • Major makes move from air to ground

    As a C-130 Hercules pilot, Maj. Jeff Ausborn, 43rd Airlift Wing, sees the world from high above the ground, where people and animals are indistinguishable. The world looks different when viewed through tiny cockpit windows. But he got a different perspective while doing a ground job at Camp