contingency operations such as the enforcement of no-fly zones over Iraq. It also took part in humanitarian airlift operations and training exercises, often with U.S. Army airborne organizations stationed at nearby Fort Bragg, North Carolina. After terrorist attacks on the United States on 11 September 2001, elements deployed in support of the Global War on Terror. The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission mandated the distribution of the assigned 43rd Airlift Wing C-130s and the 23rd Fighter Group A-10s to meet Air Force requirements at other locations; established a Reserve/Active Duty 16 C-130H organization; established a Medical Squadron; established an Air Force Group to provide mission execution, planning, and management of efficient load-out of Fort Bragg assets; and transferred Real Property accountability to the Army at Fort Bragg. The 2005 BRAC Law directed that the mandates be completed no later than 15 September 2011. The 440th Airlift Wing stood up at Pope Air Force Base in June 2007, and the active-duty squadrons (the 2nd Airlift Squadron and the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron) were associated in June 2008. The transfer of the Pope-assigned 23rd Fighter Group A-10s was completed in December 2007, and, the 43rd Airlift Wing C-130s was completed in June 2008. The wing was inactivated on 1 March 2011, and, its 43rd Operations Group redesignated as the 43rd Airlift Group. Lineage Designated as 43rd Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy on 3 November 1947 Organized on 17 November 1947 Redesignated 43rd Bombardment Wing, Medium on 1 August 1948 Inactivated on 31 January 1970 Redesignated 43rd Strategic Wing on 4 February 1970 Activated on 4 February 1970. Organized on 1 April 1970 Redesignated 43rd Bombardment Wing, Heavy on 4 November 1986 Inactivated on 30 September 1990 Redesignated 43rd Air Refueling Wing and activated, on 1 June 1992 Redesignated 43rd Air Refueling Group on 1 July 1994 Inactivated on 1 October 1996 Redesignated 43rd Airlift Wing on 31 March 1997 Activated on 1 April 1997 Inactivated on 1 March 2011 Assignments Eighth Air Force, 17 November 1947 Fifteenth Air Force, 1 April 1950 36th Air Division, 4 September 1951 Attached to: 7th Air Division, c. 10 March-5 June 1953 and 5 September-10 December 1954 Attached to: 3rd Air Division, 1 July-1 October 1957 19th Air Division, 15 March 1960 Attached to: 825th Strategic Aerospace Division, 19–31 August 1964 825th Strategic Aerospace Division, 1 September 1964 42nd Air Division, 1–31 January 1970 Eighth Air