Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • 31st ADA commander honors Airmen

    Col. Michael Morrissey, 31st Air Defense Artillery Battalion commander, Fort Sill, Okla., presented 35 Airmen with the Army Achievement Medal, Jan. 9, 2012 for their efforts in deploying Patriot missile batteries, about 400 soldiers and more than two million pounds of equipment in support of NATO

  • Altus community supports deploying Soldiers

    Altus AFB and the surrounding community share an invaluable relationship that strives to honor service members, their families, and local business and civic leaders.The Altus Military Affairs Committee and City of Altus community donated food and drinks to Fort Sill Soldiers deploying out of Altus

  • Altus AFB delivers aid to Haitian children

    Altus Airmen aboard a C-17 Globemaster III from the 97th Air Mobility Wing delivered the largest single-day humanitarian aid delivery since 1998 to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 28,2012.Members from the 58th Airlift Squadron, 97th Security Forces Squadron, 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 97th

  • Altus AFB 2 hour delayed reporting Wednesday, 26 Dec.

    2 hour delayed reporting is in effect tomorrow, Wednesday 26 December, for all Altus AFB personnel (military and civilian). Emergency personnel will report to work as scheduled. If you are unsure whether this applies to you contact your supervisor for confirmation. Please visit our Facebook page for

  • Commissary recycling nets $5.3 million for surcharge

    Recycling cardboard to the tune of 63,000 tons a year helps save the environment and build new commissaries.Here's how. Cardboard used to ship products to commissaries is not thrown away but is collected by store workers and sold to recycling companies. Money generated from those sales, which was

  • Commissaries connect employee well-being to customer satisfaction

    The Defense Commissary Agency says employees who feel their workplace concerns matter to leaders will better serve their customers. That's after approximately 70 percent of its workers participated in the 2012 Organizational Assessment Survey.The survey, conducted every two years by the Office of

  • Customers give commissary high marks in new annual survey

    Customers gave their stores a solid overall grade of "A" in the 2012 Commissary Customer Service Survey. "Bottom line, 'Great job!' is what our customers told us," said Joseph H. Jeu, Defense Commissary Agency director and CEO. "Part of our strategic vision is to better understand our customers, and

  • Altus AFB Honorary Commanders inducted

    Altus community members and business leaders were appointed as Honorary Commanders during an induction ceremony held at the Wings of Freedom Park, Nov. 29, 2012."The Honorary Commander Program is all about the exchange of ideas, experiences and friendships between the local civilian community and

  • Exchange spreads Holiday cheer with industry-leading return policy

    Nearly 20 percent of Americans will return at least one holiday gift item this holiday season, according to Lavi Industries, a provider of public guidance. To take the stress and confusion out of the return process, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service has extended the terms of its hassle-free