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Fort Liberty maintains two airfields: Pope Field, where the United States Air Force stations global airlift and special operations assets as well as the Air Force Combat Control School, and Simmons Army Airfield, where Army aviation units support the needs of airborne and special operations forces on post.
The unit is composed of eight 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 Liberty's 82nd Airborne Division.
In 2007–2008, the unit was to be moved to Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty) as part of the 2005 BRAC realignment. The brigade saw 1–7 ADA deployed to South Korea and gained 3–4 ADA, previously an Avenger battalion. 3–4 ADA is now organized as an "Air and Missile Defense" battalion.
The 82nd Airborne Division consists of a division headquarters and headquarters battalion, three infantry brigade combat teams, a division artillery, a combat aviation brigade, and a division sustainment brigade. [125] [126] The 82nd DIVARTY commands all artillery battalions. [127] 82nd Airborne Division, in Fort Liberty, North Carolina
The 389th Military Intelligence Battalion (Special Operations) (Airborne) is the United States Army's intelligence support battalion to 1st Special Forces Command. It is headquartered at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. It was originally known as the 1st Special Forces Command Military Intelligence Battalion.
These soldiers are under the 18th Airborne Corps and include members of the 82nd Airborne Division and other Fort Liberty units, Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement Wednesday.
XVIII Airborne Corps returned to Fort Liberty in October 2022 after a nine month deployment to Germany, in support of NATO and European Allies and partners. [47] The mission was to provide a joint task force-capable headquarters in light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine .
Fort Liberty units will receive the presidential citation for their role in the August 2021 withdrawal and evacuation mission in Afghanistan.