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  • CSAF awards Purple Heart to Altus AFB OSI agent in Afghanistan

    Gen. T. Michael Moseley, Air Force Chief of Staff, presented OSI Special Agent Brent Howell, AFOSI Detachment 422, Altus AFB, Okla., with the Purple Heart during a ceremony, Feb. 2, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Special Agent Howell sustained injuries from a rocket-propelled grenade attack during a combat patrol in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army
  • Staff Sgt. Jonathan Touma makes restraint calculations during Basic Loadmaster Course training at Altus Air Force Base. The five and 1/2 week Basic loadmaster Course taught at the 97th Training Squadron takes Airmen through the basics of learning how an aircraft should be balanced, calculating that balance and then properly loading the aircraft according to those calculations. (U. S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aldric Borders)

    97th AMW loadmaster grads ready to conquer world

    From having lunch on the Rhine River to watching penguins play in Antarctica, loadmasters travel the four corners of the world and then some to support the 24/7 Air Force mission. The 97th Training Squadron's Basic Loadmaster Course is where Airmen take their first steps and learn just what it takes to load and unload aircraft anywhere, anytime.
  • (Right) Pamela Freeman, spouse of Capt. Kent Freeman, 58th Airlift Squadron, along with Julie Schindler (left), spouse of Capt. Nick Schindler, 54th Air Refueling Squadron, and Tech. Sgt. Randy Kay, 55th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, gaze as a C-5 Galaxy approaches for refueling during a training mission at Altus Air Force Base.

    Spouses take flight

    Two dozen spouses of Airmen here took to the skies Feb. 23 to see first hand what it is their husbands do day in and day out. The Spouse orientation flight allowed participants to fly on one of the three airframes flown at Altus Air Force Base during a training mission. The spouses were broken into groups to fly on a C-5 Galaxy, C-17 Globemaster or

  • Beyond the call of duty: Airman's bone marrow saves baby

    Military members know that they may be called on to do the right thing and to save lives, but Airmen are seldom called upon to take the steps that an Altus Air Force Base, Okla., Technical Sergeant recently took. Technical Sgt. Jason Soule, a basic loadmaster instructor for the 97th Training Squadron, consented to a DNA swab of his mouth a year ago
  • Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Airmen tried in vain to beat the Clinton, Okla., State Veterans Center resident dominoes player, Robert Morrison, Feb. 14. More than 60 Airmen from Altus AFB visited the VA Center, bringing hand-made valentines from Altus school children for the veterans and spent time with the residents, listening to stories from those who had gone before.

    Altus AFB Airmen deliver valentines to Vets

  • Altus AFB opens Civilian Professional Development Center

    Altus Air Force Base formally opened a Civilian Professional Development Center, Feb. 6, with a ribbon cutting by Col. Carlton D. Everhart II, commander, 97th Air Mobility Wing. In attendance were Col. Keith Moncrief, commander 97th Mission Support Group, and Johnette Howard, 97th MSG deputy commander, the driving force behind the center. "When I

  • Medical Group restructures, patient care not affected

    The 97th Medical Group, Altus Air Force Base, will inactivate the 97th Medical Operations Squadron and the 97th Medical Support Squadron during a formal ceremony, Feb. 12. The two squadrons were activated on Sept . 30, 1994 in support of the then new Objective Medical Group Initiative which aligned medical organizations with Line of the Air Force

  • Base scoutmaster recognized, troop preps for camp

    Altus Air Force Base Boy Scout Troop 212 Scoutmaster, Maj. Rich Weaver, is the 2006 Boy Scout Leader of the Year for the Kickingbird District of the Last Frontier Council, Oklahoma. He was presented the award at the annual district banquet. During the year, Major Weaver attended summer camp in Colorado and a district camporee in Hobart, Okla., with

  • AAFES Delivers Pizza, a Movie and Magazine to Students Who "Make the Grade"

    Reading, writing and arithmetic are taking a back seat to electronics, clothes and toys at the base exchange as students cash in on the Army and Air Force Exchange Service's "You Made the Grade" program. Initiated in February 2000, AAFES' education rewards effort is designed to recognize above-average academic achievement. Qualifying students

  • Altus Air Force Base civilian employee dies

    Paul Hammond Jr., an Altus Air Force Base aircraft maintenance civil service employee, died Jan. 16, while working on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. The Oklahoma state medical examiner's office ruled that the death was caused by a head injury suffered from a fall. Mr. Hammond was a member of the 97th Air Mobility Wing Tanker Division at Altus AFB
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