Pope flight engineer solves rare landing gear problem in AOR

The prospect of getting up to work at 3 a.m. isn't normal for most Airmen, even those in deployed environments where anything less than a 10-hour day is an exception. So imagine being pulled out of bed at that time after a long day of work that included a flight mission just hours earlier. To

Three-peat in the work for 43rd LRS?

Expectations are tough to live up to as a champion. Win a title, and automatically you become the one everyone is gunning for. It's a truism in all walks of life, but especially in team sports, where the repeat champion is as rare a feat as any athletic accomplishment. So to appreciate with the 43rd

Back-to-back titles caps perfect season for 43rd LRS

The 43rd Logistics Readiness Squadron capped off a perfect season Monday with a 55-43 win over the 43rd Mission Support Squadron in the Pope Intramural Basketball championship game at the Pope Fitness Center. This game, despite the double-digit final margin, wasn't as easy as 43rd LRS had it in the

CROME 46 crew averts crisis with Congressmen on board

C-130s flown by both U.S. and Iraqi pilots come in and out of Baghdad International Airport numerous times a day. According to Capt. Kay Sipe, the threat to air operations at the airport is one of the highest in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and as an intelligence officer in support of the mission she

Pope Airmen receive another stripe Saturday

To senior master sergeant 43rd Operations Support Squadron Alexander Del Valle 24th Special Tactics Squadron Howard Free III James Clark Air Force Element Special Operations Command AVTAG Jason Quesenberry AFELM SOCOM JCU Travis Knutson AFELM SOCOM JSOC David Kiedaisch To master sergeant 43rd

43rd AES Honorary Commander visits

Carolina Hurricanes honor military

The National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes provided 250 lower-level tickets to Pope Airmen and more tickets to other military personnel throughout North Carolina for their Military Appreciation Night Game Feb. 23. Senior Airman Marivic Len-Marin, 43rd Airlift Wing Protocol Office, sang the

Redeployment line wedding "one for the ages"

Give blood at Pope March 6

Pope is once again joining forces with the Soldiers of the Fort Bragg Blood Donor Center to collect a much needed supply of blood to send to our troops serving in the AOR and hospitalized at home. In accordance with military directives, the military is charged with providing our own blood supply.

2008 seasonal influenza information

Influenza cases are on the rise in North Carolina and across the nation. Between Jan. 20 and Feb. 9 the percentage of individuals seeking care for influenza-like illness has doubled from the three previous years. The following information is provided as a reminder and may be beneficial in combating