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  • Pope's Air Park preserves history

    The scenery on base got a little brighter last week when the planes in the Pope Air Force Base Air Park received a face lift with a fresh coat of paint. Located across the street from the Pope Monument, the four brightly colored aircraft greet Team Pope members and visitors as they enter the Reilly

  • Presented by the commander for excellence

    Capt. Stephen Williams, 43rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, was presented a Commander's Coin Tuesday by Col. Craig Berlette, 43rd Airlift Wing Vice Commander on behalf of Col. James Johnson, 43rd Airlift Wing Commander. The presentation was in recognition of Captain Williams' efforts as the lead on

  • Pope participates in the annual AMC Rodeo

    Pope and the 43rd Airlift Wing will be well represented as a team of Airmen will participate in RODEO 2009, Air Mobility Command's premier mobility competition, which is scheduled to take place July 19 - 25 at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The international competition focuses on readiness, and

  • Dethroning of the champs

    It's not unusual to see the Joint Communication Unit competing for the Intramural Softball Championship. For 16 straight seasons JCU has made it to the big game. Of course it would have been nice for them if it was just 'the big game,' but their opponents, the 66th Air Operations Squadron Wolfpack,

  • Airmen coined for Excellence

    Master Sgt. Shannon Midgette, 43rd Force Support Squadron; Tech. Sgt. Tiffanie Dixon, 43rd Medical Support Squadron; and Senior Airman Marc Rodriques, 43rd Comptroller Squadron stand, with Col. James Johnson, 43rd Airlift Wing Commander, June 24, in the Airman and Family Readiness Center. The Airmen

  • Pope members let their hair down at the annual family fun day

    This year's Family Fun Day, held June 18 at Woodland Park, provided Airmen and their families a chance to get out of the office and relax as they enjoyed various sports competitions, free food and a lip sync contest. Airmen and families from across Team Pope came out to celebrate the kick-off of

  • Getting into ‘PT’ shape

    Imagine constantly running up and down a 100-by-60 yard field. That's what a typical soccer player does every time he steps on to the field. Soccer players have to be in great shape since they must stay in constant motion on a field that size. Now imagine the kind of workout soccer players do to