The 43rd Airlift Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit last stationed at Pope Field, part of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where it was inactivated in March 2011. The wing performed en route operations support at Pope Field to include mission command & control, aircrew management, aircraft maintenance, aircraft loading, aircraft fueling and supply. Since the wing's inactivation, the 43rd Airlift Group has carried out airlift, maintenance, and base support at Pope Field.
A 43rd Operations Group C-130 flies over the Cape Hatteras lighthouse along the North Carolina coast
A 43rd Bombardment Wing Boeing B-50D on rotation to England 1953
Convair B-58A Hustler (59-2458), formerly of the 43rd Bombardment Wing
B-52G landing at Andersen AFB after an Operation Linebacker mission
Pope Field is a U.S. military facility located 12 miles (19 km) northwest of the central business district of Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. Formerly known as Pope Air Force Base, the facility is now operated by the U.S. Air Force via a memorandum of agreement (MOA) and an interservices support agreement (ISSA) with the U.S. Army as part of Fort Liberty.
Soldiers from the US Army 82nd Airborne Division prepare for a mass parachute jump from US Air Force C-130J Hercules during an exercise at Pope Field in 2013.
C-130E Serial 63-7876 of the 41st Tactical Airlift Squadron during the Vietnam War.
"Flying Tiger" General Dynamics F-16C Block 40E Fighting Falcon Serial 89-2008 of the 74th Fighter Squadron.
"Flying Tiger" Lockheed C-130E-LM Hercules Serial 63-7846 of the 41st Airlift Squadron.
