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  • Airman 1st Class Ashtan Howell, 97th Operations Support Squadron Radar Approach Control (RAPCON) air traffic controller, views an airspace radar display screen at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Jan. 11, 2020. Each base has a different area of responsibility for RAPCON controllers. In Altus, the area stretches approximately 40 miles in each direction of the base and ranges from the ground to 9,000 feet in the air. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Breanna Klemm)

    The eyes of the sky: RAPCON key to training mobility Airmen

    When thinking of airspace, one might assume that the chances of two aircraft colliding while in the air is pretty low. In reality, there are tens of thousands of planes in the air at any given point. Additionally, variables such as bad weather and low visibility make flying a feat that can’t be accomplished with aircrew alone. This is where the 97th Operational Support Squadron Radar Approach Control Flight comes in.
  • 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron Installation Deployment Readiness Center Airmen pose for a photo.

    Planning for deployments - 97 IDRC prepares mobility Airmen

    Nearly every day, Airmen across the Air Force prepare to deploy around the world in support of air superiority for the defense and protection of our nation and national interests abroad.
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    Training C-17 masters of the globe

    Before a C-17 Globemaster III student even steps foot in an aircraft, various steps of training are accomplished to ensure proficiency. For C-17 student training, the initial qualification curriculum consists of three different phases.
  • A Home for the Holidays program flyer.

    97 AMW Chapel provides Airmen a home away from home

    The 97th Air Mobility Wing Chapel is now inviting E-1 through E-4 Airmen to a warm home during the holidays through the A Home for the Holidays program on December 25, 2020, at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
  • 97 AMW Airmen teach APD officers

    97 AMW extends outreach - trains Altus PD on suicide awareness

    Officers from the City of Altus Police Department extended their knowledge during a first responder suicide awareness training on December 9, 2020, at the APD.
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    97 AMW Leaders deliver cookies to Airmen

    On Dec. 11, 2020, leaders from the 97th Air Mobility Wing delivered bags of cookies to Airmen living in the dorms. This was part of the base’s annual Operation Cookie Drop, which is held to improve morale during the holidays.
  • Jesse Vasquez and Mickey Lyles, City of Altus employees at the 97th Air Mobility Wing Recycling Center on Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, sort cans to be crushed at the Altus Air Force Base recycling center Dec. 11, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Judy Mott)

    Recycling: Do it on Base!

    As the saying goes, every gray cloud has a silver lining. Recently, Balfour Beatty, the base’s privatized housing company made the hard decision to forego their residential recycling program. However, through a combined effort between 97th Air Mobility Wing leaders and Balfour Beatty, the Altus Air Force Base recycling center will allow the recycling effort to continue. So, in this case, Altus Air Force Base’s silver lining is its very own recycling program.
  • White Sands National Park can be seen in the distance at a KC-46 Pegasus from the 56th Air Refueling Squadron at Altus Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma, refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 49th Wing at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, December 7, 2020. Two KC-46s practiced air refueling operations over New Mexico with ten F-16s from Holloman AFB. (Courtesy photo by 1st Lt. Daniel Lee)

    First in AETC: KC-46s refuel F-16 fighters

    In a first for Air Education and Training Command and the 56th Air Refueling Squadron, two KC-46 Pegasus aircraft from the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, along with 10 F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 49th Wing at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, teamed up in the skies over New Mexico to train and practice air refueling operations.
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    97 MDG highlights readiness to AETC surgeon general team

    Medical leadership from Air Education and Training Command in Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, visited Altus Air Force Base to take part in an immersion tour of the 97th Medical Group, Dec. 3, 2020. The immersion tour showcased the 97th MDG’s readiness capabilities to Col. Michael Higgins, Air Education and Training Command command surgeon, and Chief Master Sgt. Janet Woodard, AETC chief, medical enlisted force for the office of the command surgeon. The tour focused on the COVID-19 screening process, surveillance testing plans and general readiness of the 97th MDG.
  • Children play in “snow” at the annual holiday tree lighting event, Dec. 3, 2020, at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The snow was made of soapsuds that were blown from a snow machine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amanda Lovelace)

    97th AMW families celebrate annual holiday tree lighting

    Leaders from the 97th Air Mobility Wing celebrated with Airmen and their families at the base’s annual holiday tree lighting ceremony, Dec. 3, 2020, at the Wings of Freedom Park at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
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