Cleanup Altus

ALTUS, Okla. – Members assigned to the 97th Air Mobility Wing pick up trash in the City of Altus during a cleanup event, Feb. 23. Members of the base assisted the local community with picking up trash to help beautify Altus. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Franklin R. Ramos / Released)

Farm City Week Tour

ALTUS, Okla., -- Lonnie Terbush, Western Equipment salesman, instructs Lt. Col. Derek Stuart, 58th Airlift Squadron director of operations, how to drive a tractor during Farm City Week, Nov. 7, 2012. Tractors and combines were available for Altus Air Force Base personnel and families to drive and learn about the tools local farmers use to plant crops. Farm City Week is held annually to highlight the importance of agriculture in the Altus and Jackson County economy and focuses on the partnership between the base and the local farming industry. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Levin Boland / Released)

Farm City Week Tour

ALTUS, Okla., -- Jeff Lorah (L), Robbins Farms manager, passes a cotton picker spindle to Jonathan Greiner (R), son of Col. Michael Greiner, 97th Mission Support Group commander, during a Farm City Week tour at Robbins Farms, Nov. 7, 2012. Lorah taught Greiner and other Altus Air Force Base personnel and families how different types of farming equipment are used during a cotton harvest. Farm City Week is held annually to highlight the importance of agriculture in the Altus and Jackson County economy and focuses on the partnership between the base and the local farming industry. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Levin Boland / Released)

Farm City Week Tour

ALTUS, Okla., -- Tom Buchanan, Lugert Altus Irrigation District manager, speaks to Altus Air Force Base personnel and families at the Cotton Grower Gin during a Farm City Week tour, Nov. 7, 2012. Members of the tour learned about the different processes cotton goes through before being shipped out. Farm City Week is held annually to highlight the importance of agriculture in the Altus and Jackson County economy and focuses on the partnership between the base and the local farming industry. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Levin Boland / Released)

Ground-breaking Ceremony

ALTUS, Okla. – From left to right, Staff Sgt. William Moss, 97th Civil Engineer Squadron water and liquid fuels maintenance craftsman, Kathryn Miller, Headstart Lincoln Center teacher, Col. Anthony B. Krawietz, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, and Tedrick Shivers, Altus AFB Commissary sales clerk, shovel dirt during a ground-breaking ceremony, Aug. 25, 2012. The Habitat for Humanity hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off construction on a new home for the Miller-Shivers family from Altus. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Franklin R. Ramos / 97th Air Mobility Wing / Released)

Denton Amendment Support

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haitian citizens unhook pallets of food and medical supplies on the Toussaint Louverture International Airport flightline, June 22, 2012. Fifty thousand pounds of food and medical supplies were delivered by an Altus Air Force Base aircrew to support the Mission Lifeline in Haiti, which cares for 11,000 men, women, and children. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Franklin R. Ramos / 97th Air Mobility Wing / Released)