317th Veterans Group
2024 Fayetteville, North Carolina Reunion
Thursday, September 5th through Sunday Sepember 8th
We toured a 317th Airlift Wing C-130J during our visit to Pope AAF.
Thursday, 9/5 Our hospitality room was open all day, with a welcome table for checking in and welcome bags with local information from the visitor's bureau. At 7:00 PM we had a meeting with all attendees to go over our reunion plans and events.
Friday, 9/6 Our tour bus arrived the hotel at 9:30 AM for visit to the Airborne and Special Operations Museum. We had lunch at the nearby Haymount Truck Stop. After lunch we visited Pope AAF to tour their Air Park display aircraft. We also visited a 317th Airlift Wing C-130J and its crew from Dyess AFB, Texas. We returned to the hotel about 3:30 PM. That evening, we had a wine and cheese social at 7:00 PM in our hospitality room.
Saturday, 9/7 We had free time in the morning and early afternoon to see local attractions or spend some time in our hospitality room. At 5:00PM our Banquet room opened, 6:00PM everyone is seated for our opening remarks and guest speaker. 7:00 PM Buffet dinner served.
At 8:00PM we were entertained by Don and Mary who sung lots of oldies but goodies until 9:30PM. We finished up about 10:00 PM .
Sunday 9/8 8AM to 10AM We said our farewells and goodbyes at breakfast .