97th Air Mobility Wing Legal Services

Winner of the 2024 AETC/JA Civil Law Team of the Year Award!

97 AMW/JA MISSION: We deliver reliable, relevant, and responsive legal counsel to command and the Mobility Warfighter.

97 AMW/JA VISION: Raising the standard as Innovative, Efficient, and Adaptive legal professionals.

308 N. First St., Suite 1701, Altus AFB, OK 73523-5316

Open Mon-Fri 0730-1630

Closed Thurs 1330-1630 for Training

Office/DSN: 580-481-7294/866-7294

For those who are eligible (active duty, retired, and dependents), the legal office provides wills, advance medical directives, powers of attorney, notarizations, protections and responsibilities under SCRA and USERRA, family law (including adoptions, dependent care issues, child custody, domestic relations, and financial responsibilities), landlord-tenant law (for both landlords and tenants *subject to restrictions), consumer law (including bankruptcy, consumer fraud, identity theft, and illegal lending practices), vehicle leases, immigration naturalization law, assistance for crime victims, and taxation.

Reminder: ALL community speaking engagements, media engagements, and outreach efforts must be reviewed and approved by 97 AMW/PA and 97 AMW/JA prior to confirming support. Please send us the detailed, relevant information to our office e-mail 97AMW.JA@us.af.mil.

Please note that documents, such as divorce papers, can only be reviewed in legal assistance appointments, not drafted. Documents, such as leases, can also be reviewed if it does not concern self-profit (You are the landlord making the lease).

*Note* We cannot assist with speeding tickets. If you want to dispute a disciplinary action, you should contact the ADC (Air Defense Counsel) at 580-481-7501. The Legal Office is separate from the ADC.

No appointments are needed for Notaries/Powers of Attorney during regular office hours.

For Wills and Legal Assistance, appointments ARE needed; please call our office at 580-481-7294 with your DoD number available.

For wills, clients MUST:

Go to https://aflegalassistance.law.af.mil.
Complete a will worksheet before arriving at the Legal Office for this service. If you need a paper copy, we have them available at the office.
Once the will worksheet is completed, clients MUST drop off the paper worksheet at our office or they MUST call our office with their ticket number exactly as it shows to make an appointment.
While making the appointment, we will also need your DoD ID number, rank and unit information, phone number, and E-mail.

*Please note that if it is a joint will, both parties must be present.

If you are retiring from the federal government completely, your checklist will include an Ethics Briefing to be completed. Please note that federal transfers do not need an ethics briefing.
Reenlistment briefings are online at My Learning (https://lms-jets.cce.af.mil/moodle/) under “Article 137 Briefing.” Once you get the course completion certificate, a screenshot/copy of the certificate should be sent to our office e-mail to get marked as completed.
Pre-deployment briefings are already scheduled with paralegals on the 1^st and 3^rd Thursdays of the month. *If you have deployment time limit issues, please call us for availability.