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  • Wingman of the Week

    Airman Anna Bily 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Job description: Radio communications journeyman and commander's support staff technician Date entered the military: May 1, 2007 Reason entered the military: Patriotism and travel Who has been the most influential person in your career? Staff

  • Airmen’s Attic: Avenue for Support

    The Airman & Family Readiness Center's Airmen's Attic could be considered the hidden gem of Pope. The small thrift shop is staffed by the friendliest volunteers one could imagine. The Airmen's Attic was created many years ago to offset living expenses for young Airmen and their families who were

  • Airman & Family Readiness Center offers easy debt solutions

    There are approximately 300 million people living in the United States and, according to Visa USA and MasterCard International, there are 984 million bank issued Visa and MasterCard credit card accounts to date. Do the math, and you'll come to find that each person in the United States owns nearly 4

  • Team Pope gears up for EOHCAMP assessment

    For the past two months, Pope has been preparing for the triennial external Environmental and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment and Management Program evaluation scheduled for Aug. 11 through 15. The EOHCAMP is an essential part of the base Environmental Management System's Plan-Do-Check Act

  • Pope PJ saves two Afghan girls during firefight, receives NCOA Vanguard Award

    It's not uncommon for proud mothers to brag about their children. Thirteen years ago in an Air Force recruiter's office, Tech. Sgt. Clinton Beck's mother was bragging about her son being an accomplished high school swimmer when a recruiter overheard her and recommended the new enlistee try out to be

  • Pope chess champion goes international

    As a boy growing up in the Philippines, Master Sgt. Dan Ranario, 3rd Aerial Port Squadron, had his first encounter with the game of chess when his father, an avid chess player, sat him down and taught him the rules of the game. Now, years later, that initial training will prove valuable as Sergeant

  • Pope's AES trains Travis Airmen for deployment

    The rumbling C-130H makes its final approach on the torn-up runway, and the 15 or so Airmen kneeling on the grass about 100 feet away rise in conjunction, making sure their patient litter is stable before walking toward the flightline. Out at a point midway between them and the back of the aircraft,

  • Pope AES crew part of historic rescue mission

    Sixteen 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Airmen participated in a historic mission recently which brought home three American contractors that were held captive by the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia after their drug-surveillance plane went down in February 2003. The 43rd AE team

  • Wingman of the Week

    Staff Sgt. Adriana Marquez 43rd Operations Support Squadron Job description: I am the 43rd Operations Support Squadron Commander's Executive Assistant. Date you entered the military: Aug. 22, 2001 Reason you entered the military? I joined the military to attend college and travel. Who has been the

  • Saving dollars makes sense

    This is the mindset the 43rd Force Support Squadron lodging staff and 43rd Airlift Wing leadership had in mind when they decided to transform one of the old and underutilized dormitories into lodging rooms. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held July 9 at Bldg 276 signifying the official opening of the