{"id":24855,"date":"2015-04-14T18:24:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T18:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2015\/04\/14\/n-c-lawmakers-uniting-to-block-closure-of-440th-airlift-wing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:39:25","slug":"n-c-lawmakers-uniting-to-block-closure-of-440th-airlift-wing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2015\/04\/14\/n-c-lawmakers-uniting-to-block-closure-of-440th-airlift-wing\/","title":{"rendered":"N.C. lawmakers uniting to block closure of 440th Airlift Wing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>North Carolina lawmakers are working together to block t<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">T<\/span>he Air Force&#8217;s plan <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">decision <\/span>to close one of the busiest Air Force Reserve C-130 units<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> lacks &#8220;strategic merit,&#8221; and a bipartisan group of North Carolina lawmakers are working together to block the service&#8217;s plans<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force, in its fiscal 2016 <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">2015 <\/span>budget request, calls for <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">on <\/span>deactivating the 440<sup>th<\/sup> Airlift Wing at Pope Airfield. The unit provides airlift for the Army&#8217;s 18<sup>th<\/sup> Airborne Corps, 82<sup>nd<\/sup> Airborne Global Response Force and other Army Special Forces unit at Fort Bragg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is a decision that takes the air out of airborne,&#8221; Republican Rep. Renee Ellmers said during a House Armed Services Committee member hearing Tuesday<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> today<\/span>. &#8220;There have been planes located at Pope since 1954.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force is moving to retire many of its oldest C-130H model aircraft, and the Pope unit is the only one that would completely close as a result of that effort<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> the decision<\/span>, Ellmers said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service has said it would be able to provide enough airlift to support the Army units by rotating other aircraft through based on training requirements. 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