United States Army Fort Bragg Garrison is the host organization at Pope Field. The garrison provides airfield support, security, and protection to include emergency medical and fire response, aircraft security, and transient alert support. It also provides installation support and is responsible to execute the Inter-Service Support Agreement in providing support to United States Air Force (USAF) tenants to include services, facility maintenance, and morale, welfare and recreation support. The United States Air Force 43d Airlift Group was activated at Pope on 1 March 2011, and later redesignated the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group (AMOG) in 2016. The unit performs en route operations support to include mission command and control, aircrew management, aircraft maintenance, aircraft loading, aircraft fueling and supply, air traffic control, and aircraft landing systems maintenance. Furthermore, the 43 AMOG coordinates and supports joint training exercises for Fort Bragg's XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division. Finally, the 43 AMOG is the lead Air Force unit responsible for rapid deployment coordination of the 82nd Airborne Division's Immediate Response Force (IRF). In addition, the USAF 18th Air Support Operations Group, 427th Special Operations Squadron, 21st Special Tactics Squadron, 24th Special Tactics Squadron, and Air Force Combat Control School operate from Pope Field. Based units Flying and notable non-flying units based at Pope Field. Units marked GSU are Geographically Separate Units, which although based at Pope, are subordinate to a parent unit based at another location. United States Air Force Air Mobility Command US Air Force Expeditionary Center 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group (GSU) Headquarters 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group 43rd Force Support Squadron 43rd Communications Squadron 43rd Air Mobility Squadron 43rd Comptroller Squadron 43rd Medical Squadron 43rd Operations Support Squadron Air Combat Command Ninth Air Force 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing 18th Air Support Operations Group (GSU) 14th Air Support Operations Squadron 682nd Air Support Operations Squadron Air Force Special Operations Command 24th Special Operations Wing 720th Special Tactics Group 21st Special Tactics Squadron (GSU) 724th Special Tactics Group (GSU) 24th Special Tactics Squadron 724th Intelligence Squadron 724th Operations Support Squadron 724th Special Tactics Support Squadron 352nd Special Warfare Training Squadron / Combat Control School (GSU) 427th Special Operations Squadron – various STOL aircraft See also Fort Bragg, North Carolina Tactical Air Command Air Combat Command Ninth Air Force North Carolina World War II Army Airfields I Troop Carrier Command Green Ramp disaster References Other sources Martin, Patrick (1994).