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After the war, Pope Field became Pope Air Force Base with the creation of the United States Air Force on 18 September 1947. The base served as the home of the 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, being activated at Pope on 3 December 1947 as the 10th Reconnaissance Group.
When the U.S. Air Force came into being in 1947, a portion of Fort Bragg, which included Pope Field, was partitioned off and became Pope Air Force Base. This designation continued until March 1, 2011, when, in accordance with Congress' Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) law, Pope Air Force Base was reabsorbed by Fort Bragg and the airfield was ...
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) [1][2] was a process [3] by a United States federal government commission [4] to increase the efficiency of the United States Department of Defense by coordinating the realignment and closure of military installations following the end of the Cold War.
25 lut 2011 · FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Fort Bragg's rich heritage will get a lift Monday as Pope Air Force Base becomes Pope Field, an Army operated facility supporting Air Force operations and merging the post's...
17 lip 2009 · Team Pope prepares for the next realignment step in accordance with the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Law. The 2005 BRAC Law mandated the distribution of the assigned 43rd Airlift Wing C-130s and the 23rd Fighter Group A-10s to meet Air Force,
1 gru 2005 · Pope AFB, N.C., will become an Army airfield under the control of adjacent Ft. Bragg. Pope’s A-10s, belonging to the 23rd Fighter Group, will move to Moody AFB, Ga., where they will benefit from “operational and training synergies” with nearby Army ground and Special Forces units.
Pope Army Airfield will be Fort Bragg's third airfield, joining Simmons Army Airfield and Mackall Arm Airfield in supporting combat training and rapid contingency deployments of the post's airborne and special operations communities. Pope Army Airfield nor Fort Liberty no longer publishes an installation newspaper.
