Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • 97th CES to supply needed base facilities

    An old dilapidated county road, a maintenance building to cut composite sheet metal and a new open bay coin operated car wash. What do these three things have in common? The Defense Access Road, the Composite Sheet Metal Shop and the new 97th Services Car Wash are all projects the 97th Civil

  • C-5 departure ends era at Altus Air Force Base

    An early morning takeoff of a C-5A Galaxy July 20 brought to close 38 years of training C-5 aircrews at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. A West Virginia 167th Airlift Wing Air National Guard aircrew flew the last remaining C-5, tail number 70-0462 to its new home at Martinsburg, Air National Guard Base,

  • CDC unveils ‘Two kids on a bench’

    An original bronze work of art was unveiled in a ceremony June 19 at the entrance to the Altus Air Force Base Child Development Center. "Two Kids on a Bench" was designed by Southern California artist Max Turner who specializes in life-sized figures of children and animals. The bronze statue depicts

  • Beware of counterfeit smoke alarms

    Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is notifying consumers that smoke alarms manufactured by AV Tech have not been evaluated for safety by UL and bear a counterfeit UL Mark for the United States. Units: Unknown. Manufacturer: AV Tech of Panama Date of Manufacture: Unknown Identification of

  • A custom fit mouthguard keeps you in the game

    Nearly five million teeth are "knocked out" each year resulting in roughly $500 million dollars annually to replace or repair them. Sports related injuries account for an estimated 15-40 percent of dental trauma, and cause three times as many injuries as traffic accidents or violence. A great number

  • Child becomes 'Pilot for a Day'

    The Pilot for a Day program helped another child earn his wings May 16. Altus native Lane Monday, 5-year-old son of Gena Monday and Dustin Monday, a mechanic with the 97th Maintenance Squadron, was treated to a tour of Life Support, a static C-17, the Air Traffic Control Tower and a flight in a C-17

  • A-TEAM makes ‘first of its kind’ repair to jet engine

    97th Air Mobility Wing Maintenance Directorate A-Team maintainers recently made its first-ever repair to a KC-135 TF 108-100 engine savings the Air Force more than $1.5 million. The civilian maintainers discovered damage to the engine during a recent inspection. The engine abraidable cartridge

  • 97th AMW Command Post tops Air Force

    The 97th Air Mobility Wing Command Post recently won the Air Force Large Unit Command Post of the Year award. The 97th CP is the first command post in Air Education and Training Command to win the Air Force Large Unit Command Post of the Year award. "The 97th CP can be thought of as the eyes and

  • Operation Deploying Family keeps families ready for deployment

    The 97th Airman and Family Readiness Flight hosted 'Operation Deploying Family' May 18 at the Freedom Community Center. The family-oriented exercise is designed to better prepare and educate family members on the deployment process. This year, families were able to walk an actual deployment line,