Wilmington in New Hanover County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
United States Air Force
Aim High…Fly, Fight, Win
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1. United States Air Force Marker
Pope Field, Manchester
Established 1919
Pope Air Force Base became Pope Army Air Field in 2011. The 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group has five squadrons, including aeromedical evacuation. The group's primary mission is to provide enroute operations and airborne support for Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne Division.
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro
Established February 1942
The base opened as a technical training school for the Army Air Forces during World War II.It was named in honor of Navy Lt. Seymour A. Johnson, a Goldsboro native who died in an airplane crash on March 5, 1941.
It currently hosts the 4th Fighter Wing whose primary mission is forward air control, close-air support, interdiction, and combat search and rescue operations. Combat aircraft include the F-15E Strike Eagle, a dual-role fighter designed to perform air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. It can fly at low altitudes, day or night, in all weather conditions.
Also headquartered at Seymour is the 916th Air Refueling Wing, part of the Air Force Reserve Command. Their mission is to fly the KC-135R Stratotanker in air-to-air
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1 Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne prepare to board a C-17 Globemaster III. 2 A C-17 Globemaster III from joint Base Charleston, SC, prepares to land at Pope Field. 3 Staff Sgt. Willia Cooper, an aerospace propulsion craftsman in the 43rd Air Mobility Squadron Maintenance Flight, reviews maintenance procedures while completing a repair on a C-17 GlobesmasterIII engine. 4 Staff Sgt. Bailey Zimmerman configures a C-130 Hercules to accommodate in-flight patient care as part of aeromedical readiness training.
1 An F-15E releases flares during a combined arms demonstration. 2 A fighter squadron pilot and an operations support squadron pilot and an operations support squadron weapons system officer walk toward their aircraft. 3 Lt. Col Paul Hubbard conducts preflight checks before a training sortie. 4 Avionics specialist Senior Airman Jihad Elijah Muse provides maintenance support during the Razor Talon large-force training exercise. 5 A Seymour Johnson KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-22A Raptor over Europe.
Exhibit funding provided by Lincoln Hector and the USS North Carolina Battleship Association/Marvin Scorsone.
Erected by Lincoln
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2. United States Air Force Marker
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Military. A significant historical year for this entry is 1919.
Location. 34° 14.222′ N, 77° 57.24′ W. Marker is in Wilmington, North Carolina, in New Hanover County. It can be reached from Battleship Road NE 0.2 miles south of U.S.S. North Carolina Road when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Battleship Road NE, Wilmington NC 28401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Cape Fear Coast. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At
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3. United States Air Force emblem
Also see . . .
1. Pope Field. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on June 30, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. Seymour Johnson Air Force Base History. (Submitted on April 15, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
Credits. This page was last revised on June 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 150 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 15, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
