Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • 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

  • 19 AF chief provides insight on AF topics

    Command Chief Master Sgt. Robert Tappana, 19th Air Force command chief, provided insight on recent Air Force topics during an enlisted call Nov. 14 at the Freedom Community Center on base. Chief Tappana covered topics such as change in the Air Force, standards and discipline, and family all the

  • General Looney seeks repeat performance to beat the GTC “Holiday Spike”

    Once again the holiday season is here - bringing with it joy, celebration and a renewed emphasis on reducing Government Travel Card delinquencies. In 2006, Air Education and Training Command broke the historic trend of higher than normal GTC delinquent payment rates during the holiday season - a

  • Airmen graduate from Altus ALS

    Airmen from Airman Leadership School Class 08-B graduated during a ceremony at Club Altus Nov. 16. During the ceremony, the top Airmen in class received an award for their outstanding efforts during their time in ALS. Senior Airman Jason R. Droz, 17th Communications Squadron, Goodfellow Air Force