High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pope Air Force Base (IATA: POB, ICAO: KPOB, FAA LID: POB) is a United States Air Force base located 12 miles (19 km) northwest of the central business district of Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is named after early military aviator First Lieutenant Harley Halbert Pope. The base is the home of the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command 43d Airlift Wing. USAF Missions at Pope AFB range from providing airlift and close air support to American armed forces, to humanitarian missions flown all over the world. Pope AFB particularly provides air transportation for the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division and XVIII Airborne Corps which are based at neighboring Fort Bragg, North Carolina.