Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • Altus uses AFSO21 to improve C-17 inspection process

    The Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century program office teamed up with the 97th Maintenance Directorate to improve the way Altus AFB performs home station checks on C-17 Globemaster IIIs. The team performed a study on maintenance operations and quickly found room for improvement, many of

  • Aerial Operations team trains for Rodeo

    As various organizations in the 97th Air Mobility Wing work long hours this summer to prepare for fall inspections, six highly motivated Airmen are also preparing to excel in a series of cutthroat competitions next month. This team will represent the aerial port function at the 2009 Air Mobility

  • Learning from experience

    A panel of six active duty personnel ranging in rank from Airman 1st Class to Captain, accompanied by a cadet from the U.S. Military Academy, discussed their active duty experiences and answered questions for Junior Reserve Officer Training School cadets from Altus High School May 27. The question

  • Changing careers and lives

    When the measuring tape circling his midsection read 44 inches, Tech. Sgt. T.J. Sinclair, a flight training instructor with the 54th Air Refueling Squadron, "knew then and there something had to be done." With his annual fitness test looming just a couple months in the future, Sergeant Sinclair

  • Airmen honored for heroic efforts

    Two Airmen were honored by the Altus Fraternal Order of Police during a ceremony at the City Park May 21 for saving a local police officer from certain death. Staff Sgt. Matthew Treadwell, 97th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms non-commissioned officer in charge, and Special Agent Ross