Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • Transitional medical benefits can help bridge gap

    Each year thousands of servicemembers separate from the service before they are eligible for retirement. Making the transition from military to civilian can be a challenge, but there is support to help servicemembers and their families meet their health care needs. "As our warriors transition from

  • Altus participates in IPP exercises

    Air Force and Science Applications International Corp. personnel worked together to provide valuable severe weather and emergency response training to Altus AFB personnel during exercises as part of the Installation Protection Program Feb. 26 and 28. The first exercise tested Altus AFB's severe

  • Air Force announces incoming AETC commander

    Air Force leaders today named the commander of Air University as the future leader of Air Education and Training Command. President George W. Bush nominated Lt. Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz for appointment to the grade of general and assignment as commander of AETC, which is responsible for the free

  • Altus AFB to host MOAA seminar

    The Deputy Director of the Military Officers Association of America, The Officer Placement Service, retired Col. Dan Koslov, will be briefing all officers and senior noncommissioned officers who plan to leave active, military service in the next one to five years at the Freedom Community Center from

  • Bowl-A-thon raises money for Air Force Enlisted Village

    The Altus AFB Top-3 and Chiefs' Group professional organizations hosted a Bowl-A-Thon fundraiser, which raised $2,143 for the Air Force Enlisted Village, at Galaxy Lanes Feb. 22. According to www.afenlistedwidows.org, The AFEV was founded in 1967 after the Air Force Sergeant's Association conducted

  • Summer jobs available at Air Force bases worldwide

    Students and certain other eligible persons can gain marketable skills and earn money while enjoying their summer vacations, thanks to the Air Force Summer Hire Program, according to Air Force Personnel Center officials here. "These great temporary jobs will run from May through September," said

  • Dental technician educates children about oral hygiene

    97th Medical Group dental technicians interacted and educated young children, Feb. 14, at the base library about the importance of oral health. The event was part of Altus AFB's annual National Children's Dental Health Month event to raise awareness in children. The children were read a book about

  • Air Force, Boeing experts team to improve C-17 air drop capabilities

    Airmen from the 58th Airlift Squadron collaborated with Boeing Long Beach, Calf., engineers, acquisition personnel from the 516th Aeronautical Systems Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and Headquarters Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., during a trade-off study of the