The 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group is an active duty air mobility unit at Pope Field (formerly Pope AFB), Fort Bragg, North Carolina and is part of the Air Mobility Command (AMC) under the USAF Expeditionary Center. The unit is composed of five squadrons, including one of the only two active Air Force aeromedical evacuation squadrons based in the United States. The group's primary mission focuses on providing enroute operations and enabling global response and airborne support for Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne Division. The 43rd Operations Group was redesignated the 43rd Airlift Group (43 AG) on 1 March 2011 after the inactivation of the 43rd Airlift Wing and entered into an Active Associate arrangement with the Air Force Reserve Command's colocated 440th Airlift Wing (440 AW). In 2016, the 440 AW was inactivated due to funding issues and both the 440 AW and the 43 AG discontinued their airlift mission with C-130H Hercules aircraft. While the 440 AW was inactivated, the 43 AG was reorganized as a non-flying unit, later redesignated the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group (43 AMOG) on 14 June 2016. Overview As an AMC unit, the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group (43 AMOG) is part of the air force component of United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM). It provides rapid strategic deployment of forces assigned to Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), the XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division. It also provides combatant commanders with Airborne Joint Forcible Entry, combat airlift, aeromedical evacuation, aerial port, command and control, and other enabling capabilities. The 43 AMOG comprises five squadrons: 43rd Air Base Squadron 43rd Air Mobility Squadron 43rd Comptroller Squadron 43rd Medical Squadron 43rd Operations Support Squadron In the postwar era, the 43rd Bombardment Group was one of the first USAAF units assigned to the Strategic Air Command on 1 October 1946, prior to the establishment of the United States Air Force as a redesignation of the 444th Bombardment Group due to the Air Force's policy of retaining only low-numbered groups on active duty after the war. It conducted long-range test missions, including the first nonstop flight around the world (26 February-2 March 1949), accomplished in "Lucky Lady II", a B-50A Superfortress (AF Ser. No. 46–0010) commanded by Capt James G Gallagher. The group became non-operational in February 1951 when its squadrons were attached to the 43rd Bombardment Wing headquarters. The group was inactivated in 1952 when the parent