Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • SFS senior NCO declared best in command

    A master sergeant from the 97th Security Forces Squadron was recently named the Air Education and Training Command Security Forces Outstanding Senior Noncommissioned Officer for 2006 (Support Staff). He will now represent AETC for the award at the Air Force level. Master Sgt. Keith Hewgley was

  • Altus CAP celebrates 65th anniversary

    The Altus, Okla. Civil Air Patrol auxiliary traces its heritage back to the formation of the Civil Air Patrol on Dec. 1, 1941, less than a week before the attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the country into World War II. During World War II, a time of tight coastal security and rationing, the CAP

  • Deployed Altus senior NCO serves community

    A team of Airmen here finished work on a new swing set for children at the Solnyshko Kindergarten School near the village of Vinogradnoe Nov. 16. The swing set, which was built by the previous rotation, still had to be cemented into the ground and painted before turning it over to the youngsters.

  • First of eight C-5s to depart Altus for ANG

    The Altus Air Force Base A-Team gave a final detailing to aircraft C-5A 00459 prior to its departure from the training program at Altus AFB. Decals were exchanged for those of the West Virginia Air National Guard and the Altus tail flash was replaced by one for the 167th Airlift Wing, Shepherd