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Fort Bragg, NC
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Fort Bragg is known as the "Home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces." Fort Bragg is home for the XVIII Airborne Corps and the 82nd Airborne Division. the US Army Special Operations Command and the US Army Parachute Team (The Golden Knights) also call Fort Bragg home.
The mission of Fort Bragg is to maintain the XVIII Airborne Corps as a strategic crisis response force, manned and trained to deploy rapidity by air, sea and land anywhere in the world, prepared to fight upon arrival and win.
Active Duty Personnel - 46,000+
Total Economic Impact - $9.34 Billion
- February 1, 1919, saw the completion of Camp Bragg
- April 1, 1919, the landing field was renamed Pope Air Field in honor of First Lieutenant Harley H. Pope, killed near Fayetteville
- September 30, 1922, Camp Bragg became Fort Bragg
- The XVIII Airborne Corps was reactivated May 21, 1951 at Fort Bragg. Since that time, the commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps has also commanded Fort Bragg
Command Units at Fort Bragg
- XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg
- 82d Airborne Division
- US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC)
- US Army Special Forces Command
- US Army JFK Special Warfare Center
- Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
- 1st Theater Sustainment Command (1st TSC)
- US Army Civil Affairs & Psyops Command (USACAPOC)
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Pope Air Force Base
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Home of the 43rd Airlift Wing & 440th Airlift Wing
"We Put The Air in Airborne"
The 43rd AW and the 440th AW are highly-trained airlift forces that maintain a high state of readiness to rapidly deploy upon short notice and successfully plan and execute air operations.
Active Duty Personnel - 5,100 +
Total Economic Impact - $407.5 Million
Pope Air Force Base, located adjacent to Fort Bragg is the forward deployment platform for the XVIII Airborne Corps. The Green Ramps at Pope Air Force Base houses the Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group operations. The Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group provides critical command, control, staging, and out-load facilities to support the deployment of personnel and equipment by aircraft.
Pope Air Force Base helps provide the Rapid Global Mobility of the United States Air Force - one of the service's six core competencies outlined in "Global Engagement: A Vision for the Twenty-First-Century Air Force." It is capable of deploying a self-sustaining war fighting package anywhere in the United States Army. It can also provide theater airlift for other contingencies and humanitaria missions around the world such as Operation Joint Endeavor in Bosnia or Operation Southern Watch in Southeast Asia.
For additional information about Pope Air Force Base, click on www.pope.af.mil
43rd Airlift Wing
The 43rd Airlift Wing was reactivated at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., April 1, 1997 and is part of the 18th Air Force and Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
- The Wing consists of 3,000 personnel from 15 squadrons, providing tactical airlift support to the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps, 82nd Airborne Division and US Special Forces Command
- Pope Air Force Base conducts air mobility and airdrop testing, facilitates joint force training and provides host support to numerous organizations including the 440th Airlift Wing, Combat Control School, 21st and 24th Special Tactics Squadrons, and the 18th Air Support Operations Group
Mission Partner Units
- Army Golden Knights
- 14th Air Support Operations Squadrons
- 18 Air Support Operatiions Group
- 18th Weatehr Squadron
- 21st Special Tactics Squadron
- 24th Special Tactics Squadron
- 53rd Aerial Port Squadron
- 342d Training Squadron
- 373d Training Squadron
- AVTEG
- Detachment 1 - AMC Logistic Support Squadron
- Joint Personnel Recovery Agency
440th Airlift Wing
On June 10, 2007, the 440th Airlift Wing returned to Pope Air Force Base after more than 50 years at General Mitchell International Airport Air Reserve Station, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The mission of the wing is to maintain operational readiness for the airlift of tactical units, airborne units, personnel, supplies, and equipment into prepared or unprepared areas by landing or airdrop. The peacetime and wartime mission of the 440th Airlift Wing is global in scope. During wartime, when mobilized, the 440th would be under the operational control of Air Mobility Command.
- The 440th wing commander is a brigadier general billet. The wing commander is supported by three group commanders and a medical squadron commander who oversees the 19 units that make up the 440th.
- The units of the 440th consist of over 1,400 reservists and civilians
- Approximately 220 of the civilians employed by the 440th are "ARTS", or Air Reserve Technicians whose job requires them to maintain a military status as well
- The majority of Reserve training is completed during unit training assemblies, or "UTA" weekends
- The 440th operates 16 C-130 H2 aircraft, built by Lockheed Martin in the late 1980s
Units
There are 19 military unites assigned to the 440th Airlift Wing, including the following:
440th Airlift Wing
Operations Group
-95th Airlift Squadron
-Operations Support Squadron
-440 Aeromed. Evac Squadron (AES)
-2d Airlift Squadron (Active Assoc)
-43d AES (Active Assoc)
Maintenance Group
-Maintenance Operations Flkight
-Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
-Maintenance Squadron
Mission Support Group
-Logistics Readiness Squadron
-53d Aerial Port Squadron
-Security Forces Flight
-Communications Flight
-Services Flight
-Mission Support Flight
Medical Squadron
For more information, please contact Toni Dixon by phone at (910) 484-4242 ext. 232 or by e-mail at tdixon@fayettevillencchamber.org
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