Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • Bioenvironmental tech skills meant to save lives

    A surprise radiological inspection Wednesday from an Air Force-level inspection team resulted in the 97th Medical Group's Bioenvironmental Engineering work center receiving the highest rating allowed. Tech. Sgt. Chris Lawver, NCO in charge of Bioenvironmental Readiness and Response explained that

  • Altus Airman, logisticians track down $1 million in pallets

    More than $1 million worth of pallets have been recovered over the past month by a team from the 407th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron here. The team, led by Senior Airman Randy Walgren from the 97th Logistical Readiness Squadron, Altus AFB, Okla., has recovered more than 900 pallets used

  • Change of command honors 97th CS leaders

    Col. Keith Moncrief, 97th Mission Support Group commander, passed command of the 97th Communication Squadron from Lt. Col. Martin Schlacter to Lt.Col. (S) Eric Bjurstrom in a ceremony at the Freedom Community Center on Wednesday. Major Bjurstrom arrived from Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell

  • Altus Airman saves lives during convoy attack

    "I just did what I had to do...," is how 22-year old Airman 1st Class Casey Holihan, desk sergeant at the Altus Air Force Base Security Forces Squadron, describes actions he took while on nighttime combat patrol in Tikrit, Iraq during the Spring of 2005. "I had never been shot at before, and green

  • Family Services provides helpful tools for everyone

    The Family Services Building, located next to Charlie's is a treasure trove of goodies and support for Airmen and their families. "We provide services such as the Loan Closet, Airman's Attic, sponsor/welcome packages, base brochures/videos, foreign language tapes, Standard Installation Topic

  • Altus members provide lifesaving first response

    What started as a routine drive home after work brought heroism from three employees of the 97th Air Mobility Wing on July 19. Just North of the airport on the outskirts of Vernon, Texas, Nurse Rhonda Garrett, 97th Medical Group; Carolyn Johnson, 97th MDG administrator and Gregory Johnson, 97th

  • Legendary enlisted leader departs: Altus bids farewell to command chief

    Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Narofsky, the 97th Air Mobility Wing command chief says he is prepared to depart for Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait next week. As the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Command chief, he will travel regularly visiting Airmen at bases sprawled across Kuwait and Southern Iraq. He has been

  • ESOHCAMP team gives Altus high marks

    Air Education and Training Command's Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment and Management Program team spent last week evaluating the health of Altus Air Force Base. Team members visited 177 facilities, reviewed more than 550 documents and conducted 320 personal

  • Concerns about base pool hours addressed

    Major renovation problems at the North pool resulted in its closure for the summer. Unfortunately this resulted in changes to the normal Altus AFB pool services patrons were accustomed to. In our haste to adapt, we failed to identify these changes to our community and this resulted in numerous

  • Men's softball team undefeated

    The 2006 Patriots, Altus Air Force Base's men's varsity softball team, won every game in round robin play held at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Saturday and Sunday. While seeded second, the team won third place (3 games won - 2 lost) in the Air Education and Training Command Championship