Committee of 100 Dinner

ALTUS, Okla. – Col. Anthony Krawietz, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, welcomes members of Altus Air Force Base and the surrounding community at the Committee of 100 dinner, Mar. 11. The event was held to welcome newcomers and military members returning from deployment with dinner, raffles, and a rattlesnake demonstration from the Mangum Rattlesnake Association. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Levin Boland / Released)

Committee of 100 Dinner

ALTUS, Okla. – New members of Altus AFB, returning deployers and their families fill their plates at the Committee of 100 dinner, Mar. 11. The event was held to welcome newcomers and military members returning from deployment with dinner, raffles, and a rattlesnake demonstration from the Mangum Rattlesnake Association. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Levin Boland / Released)

Honorary Commander Boot Camp

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Allen Sasse, 97th Training Squadron honorary commander, exercises at the base fitness center as a part of Altus AFB’s first Honorary Commander Boot Camp, March 8. Sasse and other honorary commanders participated in the boot camp to experience a day in the life of an Airman, and to learn about the history and traditions of the U.S. Air Force. The Honorary Commander program fosters and strengthens the friendship and partnership between the base and surrounding community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Levin Boland / Released)

Altus AFB, community educators partner to Get InvolvED

ALTUS, Okla. – Children from local Altus schools play with paper airplanes while their parents participate in the first Getting InvolvED education event at Altus High School March 5, 2013. The Altus High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps offered free child care for children of parents who were in attendance to help ensure that all parents would be able to participate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dillon Davis/Released)

54th ARS honors late boom operator

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Smith, 54th Air Refueling Squadron superintendent, presents Luella Klaverkamp, mother of late KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, Airman 1st Class Bruce Klaverkamp, a boom operator coin with Bruce’s boom number on it at Wings of Freedom Park, March 3, 2013. Bruce died in a plane crash, March 13, 1972, during a routine training mission at Carswell AFB, Texas. Klaverkamp and her daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Jeff Pollreis, made an 18-hour drive from Clear Water, Minnesota to Altus AFB to visit the Boom Memorial where Bruce’s name is etched in stone, a testament to his service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Klynne Pearl Serrano / Released)

54th ARS honors late boom operator

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Staff Sgt. Christopher Pedersen, 54th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator instructor, speaks to Luella Klaverkamp and Lisa Pollreis about the Boom Memorial at Wings of Freedom Park, March 3, 2013. Klaverkamp and Pollreis are the mother and sister of late KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, Airman 1st Class Bruce Klaverkamp, who died in a plane crash, March 13, 1972, during a routine training mission at Carswell AFB, Texas. The family made an 18-hour drive from Clear Water, Minnesota to Altus AFB to visit the Boom Memorial where Bruce’s name is etched in stone, a testament to his service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Klynne Pearl Serrano / Released)