Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • 97 LRS wins 2007 AETC award

    The 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron here was recently awarded the 2007 Air Education and Training Command Daedalian Maj. Gen. Warren R. Carter Effectiveness award. The 97 LRS received the award due to their excellence in providing outstanding logistics support for their command. "Our Airmen have

  • Two Altus elementary schools win Oklahoma Academic Achievement awards

    Teachers at L. Mendel Rivers Elementary School here and Sunset Elementary School, in Altus, will be receiving bonus checks from the State of Oklahoma, as a result of a program that rewards teachers who work in schools with the highest Academic Performance Index scores or that make the most sizable

  • Dinner: possible -- TV chef cooks up a winner for Sheppard Airmen

    It took him 10 grueling hours of work, a frantic trip to a Wichita Falls retailer for ingredients, and the help of dozens of Airmen, but Chef Robert Irvine pulled off a seemingly impossible feat: feeding 1,000 people at the Air Force's 60th Anniversary banquet at Sheppard Air Force Base. In an

  • 58 AS Airman named AETC nominee for pilot award

    Maj. Scott M. Anderson, 58th Airlift Squadron, here, was recently named the 2007 Daedalian Exceptional Pilot nominee for the Air Education and Training Command. The award, established in 1998 by the order of the Daedalians, was created to inspire duty performance excellence by career military pilots

  • Dry weather increases risks of wild fires

    Grass and wild land fires only happen during the dry summer month's right? Wrong. The unseasonable days Altus had lately has lead to a few grass fires in the state and a couple in Altus' own back yard. The week of Jan. 11 saw a fire start in an alley in Altus. In just a short period of time this

  • Scholarships for Military Children application deadline is Feb. 20

    Are you digging under the sofa cushions for misplaced change and rolling coins from your money jar to help pay for college tuition? Given the soaring costs of higher education, you certainly aren't alone. Perhaps a $1,500 scholarship could help? Applications for the 2008 Scholarships for Military

  • Defining 'Wingman': Community embraces AADD program, saves 994 people in 2007

    "Where is your Wingman?" is a commonly asked question when Airmen go out to enjoy the night life. For those who do not know the answer is only a phone call away. Those who answer the call is not from one person, but several Wingmen who dutifully volunteer for the Altus Airmen Against Drunk Driving

  • Air Force maintainers help improve future for Afghans

    For the last year, a trio of Airmen have helped ensure success for a mission bringing self-governance, security and economic growth to the people of Afghanistan's Paktya and Logar provinces. The efforts of vehicle maintainers Tech. Sgt. Kendrick Ouzts, Staff Sgt. Andrew Hawley and Staff Sgt. Russell

  • Fifth CMSAF to speak at Chiefs’ Recognition Ceremony

    ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Fifth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Robert D. Gaylor will be the keynote speaker at the Chiefs' Recognition Ceremony Jan. 19 at the Freedom Community Center. Chief Gaylor will help Altus AFB recognize its newest chiefs, Chief Master Sergeants (selects) Nathan