Fort Liberty Simmons Army Airfield

Simmons AAF

KFBG · FBG

1952-

Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina

35.131706, -78.939842 · 239 feet

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Location C/N Tracking

Simmons Army Air Field, Fayetteville Outer Loop, Cumberland County, North Carolina, 28311, United States

Nearby Locations

		Km
Womack Army Medical Center Helipad		5.7	284°
Fort Liberty Pope Army Airfield	KPOB	8.1	303°
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Heliport	NC83	11.0	176°
Fayetteville Regional / Grannis Field	KFAY	16.5	161°
Harnett Regional Jetport	KHRJ	33.4	034°
Betsy Johnson Memorial Hospital Heliport	NC96	33.8	055°

Simmons Army Airfield (AAF) along with Camp Mackall and Pope AFB (now an Army Airfield) are the three airfields supporting Fort Bragg training and rapid contingency deployments of the 82nd Airborne Division

Units

			Abrev
1963-1967	45th Medical Company45 MedCo		45 MedCo
1965	116th Assault Helicopter Company116th AHC	Hornets	116th AHC
1987-	82nd Combat Aviation Brigade82nd CAB		82nd CAB
1992-2007	57th Medical Company57 MedCo		57 MedCo
2006-	3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment3-82 GSAB		3-82 GSAB

News

82nd Airborne Received Chinook MYII

Jul 1, 2016 · The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade’s “Flippers”, Bravo Company, General Support Aviation Battalion 3rd GSAB, received new CH-47 Multi-Year II (MYII) to replace their CH-47F Chinooks
U.S. and British Paratroopers in CJOAX 15-01

Apr 15, 2015 · US Army 82nd Airborne Division and UK 16 Air Assault Brigade are participating in CJOAX 15-01, Combined Joint Operational Access Exercise, Bragg largest multinational training exercise in 20 years
82nd CAB comes home after record-breaking deployment

Sep 21, 2012
First CH-47F Chinook Multiyear I Delivered

Feb 26, 2009 · Boeing delivered to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC, the first CH-47F Chinook Multiyear I helicopter manufactured under a five-year U.S. Army contract

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