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  • Off duty Airman and wife save life

    For one Airman, a routine visit to the store went from commonplace to life changing when a call for help resonated through the store and a young woman lay unconscious.Airman 1st Class Var Gehron, a member of the 43rd Communications Squadron, and his wife Rachel planned to spend the day buying

  • Stop for aircraft safety

    The traffic lights near the ends of the runway on Reilly Street and Hurst Drive on the road around the flightline are present for one reason -- safety. Drivers, pedestrians and cyclists should know that ignoring these signals can endanger themselves, aircraft, crew and passengers. The air traffic

  • Net Defenders

    Cyber security is a top priority in Air Mobility Command and at Pope. Airmen should be vigilant when it comes to network and information security. Recent events have caused an increase in network security demands requiring all Department of Defense personnel to take a more stringent attitude, and

  • Third quarter award winners

    Airman category43rd Operations GroupSenior Airman Anthony Vagni (Wing and Pope winner)Noncommissioned Officer category43rd Communications SquadronTech. Sgt. Angela Yetto-Newton (Wing winner)21st Special Tactics SquadronStaff Sgt. Michael Orlando (Pope winner)Senior NCO category43rd CSMaster Sgt.

  • BRAC: What's next for me?

    Most active duty Airmen assigned to the 43rd Airlift Wing at Pope will receive orders for a Permanent Change of Station due to BRAC. The others will remain here as part of the 43rd Air Group once it stands up. As mentioned in an earlier BRAC article, critical dates for the transition have not been

  • Pope celebrates Red Ribbon Week

    Pope joins with the Department of Defense to promote healthy, drug-free lifestyles during Red Ribbon Week 2009 which began Oct. 21 and runs until Oct. 31. "Red Ribbon Week is a national observance to remind us of the dangers of drug abuse and the benefit of a healthy, drug-free lifestyle," said

  • AFSO 21: Making good processes better

    Buuuuzzzzz! Wrong answer, try again. When the question arises of why a process is performed a certain way, a standard answer can be expected, "Well, that's just the way it's always been done." When given that response, don't accept it - challenge it. Instead ask, "Why has this area always performed

  • Pope SATAF V Postponed

    This week, the 43rd Airlift Wing was scheduled to host the fifth Site Activation Task Force conference. The purpose was to work out details concerning real property transfer, transfer of base-level and mission-oriented services and a variety of other issues concerning personnel management and