Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • Altus AFB hosts Deployed Families Appreciation dinner

    Families from across the base spent their evening eating food, playing games and enjoying each other's company during the Deployed Families Appreciation dinner, March 11.The dinner is held quarterly as a way to reach out to families of deployed service members and those returning from deployments to

  • Blood donations come full circle

    People who live and work on Altus Air Force Base will have the chance to donate blood March 14, 2014 at the chapel activities room from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.The Oklahoma Blood Institute hopes to receive 40 units of blood from the Altus AFB community. The donated blood will be distributed to more than 140

  • First sergeants deploy, discover family members

    Sleep-deprived and weary from days of travel, in a blur of new names and faces, one of the first people most Airmen deploying to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing meet is their respective unit's first sergeant.It's during this time that diamond-wearing Air Force Master Sgts. Shawn and Lynnette Tolar

  • Altus AFB to conduct severe weather exercise March 12

    The 97th Air Mobility Wing is scheduled to conduct a severe weather exercise March 12th beginning at 8 a.m. The city of Altus and base residents will hear a short test of the Installation Warning Notification System sirens at the start of the exercise. Residents on and near the installation may also

  • CSAF, CMSAF visit Altus AFB

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody and their spouses, Betty and Athena, spent two days at Altus AFB to tour the installation and meet Airmen and their families March 5 and 6. Welsh also served as keynote speaker at the Altus Chamber of

  • Altus named installation excellence award winner

    Air Force officials announced Altus Air Force Base as the Air Force's Commander-in-Chief's Installation Excellence Award winner March 6.Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III broke the news to a crowded hangar of Airmen during a 97th Air Mobility Wing all-call during his visit to the

  • Air Force Assistance Fund kicks off

    Altus AFB kicked off the Air Force Assistance Fund campaign March 3, 2014 and it will continue until April 11. All base personnel are encouraged to participate in the event.This year's campaign started with a Kickoff Breakfast that gave squadron key workers information to give to their respective

  • Altus Airmen participate in Read Across America program

    Airmen from Altus AFB traveled around the community to read to children from surrounding schools as part of the Read Across America program March 3, 2014. The Read Across America program is a nationwide program that helps develop a love for reading by bringing in guest speakers to make it fun. The

  • Altus AFB inducts newest Friends of Altus

    Col. Anthony Krawietz, former Altus AFB wing commander and currently the Director of the Executive Group for the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff of the Air Force, inducted two new Friends of Altus at Club Altus Feb. 28, 2014.Ms. Barbara Burleson, the Honorary 97th Mission Support Group

  • Military Saves Week

    Altus AFB participated in Military Saves Week, during which the Airman and Family Readiness Center hosted a number of financial classes for Airmen Feb. 24 - 28, 2014. Military Saves Week is a DOD-sponsored campaign for military members and their families to learn about healthy financial habits that