Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • 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

  • Altus AFB, local banks make Military Saves program joint endeavor

    Col. David W. Allvin, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, signed the Altus Air Force Base "Military Saves" proclamation, Monday, making Feb. 25 to Mar. 2 a week for developing sound financial habits. Colonel Allvin also encouraged his squadron commanders to examine ways to help better the lives of

  • Airmen to visit veterans for Valentine’s Day

    Approximately 70 Airmen and civilians will spend time with veterans at retirement homes in neighboring towns and cities on Feb. 14 as part of the Valentines for Vets program here. Airmen and civilians will visit the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Clinton, Okla.; English Village Nursing Home, Plantation

  • Support for America’s Troops Surges in 2007

    The American public rallied in support of America's troops in 2007, delivering more than $1.7 million in aid through Army & Air Force Exchange Service troop support initiatives. Calls home were a priority, as everyday Americans sent $1,257,956 in communication support through AAFES' "Help Our Troops

  • AFOSI Seeks New Special Agents

    Military members looking to cross train into a challenging and rewarding career field may apply to be an Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent. Senior airmen with less than six years time in service, staff sergeants through master sergeants with outstanding records and fewer than

  • 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