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  • Lt. Col. Paul Bauman, 58th Airlift Squadron commander, gives Lane Monday his official 58th AS patch to go with his flight suit during the Pilot for a Day program tour. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Mercedes Crossland)

    Child becomes 'Pilot for a Day'

    The Pilot for a Day program helped another child earn his wings May 16. Altus native Lane Monday, 5-year-old son of Gena Monday and Dustin Monday, a mechanic with the 97th Maintenance Squadron, was treated to a tour of Life Support, a static C-17, the Air Traffic Control Tower and a flight in a C-17 simulator. The Pilot for a Day program is

  • A-TEAM makes ‘first of its kind’ repair to jet engine

    97th Air Mobility Wing Maintenance Directorate A-Team maintainers recently made its first-ever repair to a KC-135 TF 108-100 engine savings the Air Force more than $1.5 million. The civilian maintainers discovered damage to the engine during a recent inspection. The engine abraidable cartridge fiberglass support which holds the abraidable seal in

  • 97th AMW Command Post tops Air Force

    The 97th Air Mobility Wing Command Post recently won the Air Force Large Unit Command Post of the Year award. The 97th CP is the first command post in Air Education and Training Command to win the Air Force Large Unit Command Post of the Year award. "The 97th CP can be thought of as the eyes and ears for senior leadership of everything happening
  • Families participating in Operation Deploying Family board a KC-135 Stratotanker after walking a deployment line as part of their simulated family deployment exercise here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Aldric Borders)

    Operation Deploying Family keeps families ready for deployment

    The 97th Airman and Family Readiness Flight hosted 'Operation Deploying Family' May 18 at the Freedom Community Center. The family-oriented exercise is designed to better prepare and educate family members on the deployment process. This year, families were able to walk an actual deployment line, have their deployment questions answered by base
  • Chaplain, Maj. (S) William L. Hoggatt, Altus Air Force Base, Okla., prays during the 2007 Easter Sunrise Service in a C-5A Galaxy with the open ramp turned toward the rising sun. Two-hundred people attended the annual event on the Altus AFB flightline. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Michael Fletcher)

    Altus AFB conducts Easter sunrise service in C-5

    Two hundred early risers attended the Altus Air Force Base Easter Sunrise Service, April 8, in a C-5A Galaxy with the open ramp turned toward the rising sun. The participants braved 35-degree morning temperature to participate in the annual event. This is the last year for the event in a Galaxy, as the C-5 aircrew training mission is moving to
  • While the C-5 Formal Training Unit at Lackland AFB's Kelly Field held a ceremony to welcome two new squadrons into the 433rd Airlift Wing, The first of the C-5 full motion flight simulators was in the begining stages of instalation. Currently aircrew students and instructors use a simulator in another building within the wing. Once this equipment is up and running, available training time will double for students to earn thier initial qualification, the instructors at the schoolhouse who must maintain thier certification and the 68th Airlift Squadron, the Alamo Wing's operational flying squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)

    C-5 flight engineer training finishes transition to Lackland AFB

    After more than 38 years of training flight engineers for the Air Force's largest airframe, Altus Air Force Base said goodbye April 6, as it graduated its last C-5 flight engineer class, passing the training torch to the 356th Airlift Squadron and 733rd Training Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. According to Bob Starchman, FlightSafety

  • Anthrax program becomes mandatory for some Airmen

    The Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program, or AVIP, mandates Airmen assigned to high-threat areas receive the Anthrax vaccine, while also providing Airmen the choice to continue anthrax vaccines if they are not assigned to a designated high-threat area. Headquarters Air Force sent out an implementation message Feb. 16 to major commands, directing

  • Providing fuel for the body

    The American Dietetic Association has established March as National Nutrition Month. Research shows that many  Americans need assistance to make good food choices and establish a healthy eating environment. Increasing gas prices have been on everyone's mind recently, because it is more expensive to fuel our cars. However, little concern is given to
  • Lt. Col. Cathy Bartholomew, 97th Training Squadron commander, awards Airman 1st Class Adam K. Harrison, 97th Training Squadron C-5 loadmaster student, an Air Force Achievement Medal.

    Student receives unlikely award

    It's not everyday pipeline technical school students earn Air Force Achievement Medals, but Airman 1st Class Adam K. Harrison recently earned his first Air Force Achievement Medal after distinguishing himself as an outstanding C-5 loadmaster student while at the 97th Training Squadron. According to 97th TRS Commander Lt. Col. Cathy Bartholomew it

  • Why do I have to go to Public Health?

    "Why do I have to go to Public Health ... I don't have a sexually transmitted disease?" Because this statement has been heard so often since the new AFI 48-123 came out this year, four of the 97th Medical Group Public Health Section's airmen jumped at the opportunity to share who they are and what they do. Public health consists of deployment
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