Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • Office Depot highlights host of new vendors added to Exchange Online Store

    The All-Services Exchange Online Store is poised to save military Families even more in 2008 with the addition of ten new "virtual vendors." The Exchange Online Store's newest edition, Office Depot, launched on Nov. 16 boasting thousands of items in office supplies, furniture, technology and

  • Base Legal Office to offer tax assistance

    The Base Legal Office will offer tax assistance for active-duty servicemembers (including guard and reserve) and their dependents. Tax assistance will also be provided to military retirees and federal civilian employees on a space available basis. Tax assistance will be offered by volunteers, who

  • 97 TRS goes on Winter Exodus, stresses safety

    Airmen, instructors and students alike, will be able to enjoy the holidays abroad or at home during this year's Winter Exodus for almost two weeks beginning Dec. 21. The Winter Exodus is an Air Education and Training Command-directed downtime period in order to give students and staff alike a break

  • Air Force chaplain celebrates Mass for Romanians in Italian

    An Air Force chaplain is putting his Roman Catholic studies to good use giving Mass in Italian to Romanian Army soldiers. Every Wednesday during lunchtime, Chaplain (Maj.) Timothy Hirten of the 407th Air Expeditionary Group goes to the Romanian Army's Camp Dracula to provide one of his daily Mass

  • A&FRC offers holiday fun to Airmen, families

    The Airman and Family Readiness Center knows all about the "holiday blues," and here this holiday season they plan to turn frowns upside down. The AFRC provides an array of activities, programs and services to single Airmen and to those with family members. "If there is a surge of Airmen who are

  • Altus AFB tops CFC goal

    The 2007 Altus Air Force Base Combined Federal Campaign, which ended Dec. 3, exceeded the $75,000 goal by 25 percent, according to Capt. Jerry M. Fausch, CFC project officer. "The total at the end of Monday was $93,852," said Captain Fausch. "If this is anything like last year there will be even

  • Salvaged bricks to form a legacy

    Volunteers chipped and stacked pallets of bricks, Dec. 3, salvaged from a house scheduled for demolition in the housing area of Altus Air Force Base, Okla. "We collected about 20,000 pounds of bricks which will be used for a brick paver, a memorial walkway that will be built across the street from