Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • Altus NSPS program manager answers questions

    Q:  What events led to implementation of National Security Personnel System? A:  Development and implementation of the NSPS is a direct result of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's vision to be able to "Get the Right Person at the Right Time to the Right Place." He viewed the current personnel

  • Wing commander to fly C-17 at AF Memorial dedication

    The dedication of the nation's newest memorial, the U.S. Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., will begin the service's 60th Anniversary Commemoration, "From Heritage to Horizons - Commemorating 60 Years of Air & Space Power," on Saturday. The dedication ceremony will include an aerial review

  • Medical Group expands services

    With the addition of a new member to the 97th Medical Group staff, the base medical clinic is once again able to provide women's health care for military members and other beneficiaries. Gina Atkinson, a board certified family nurse practitioner, arrived at Altus Air Force Base in June. As a family

  • Maintenance gets new chief

    Terrell O. Hilley assumed directorship of the 97th Maintenance Directorate, Altus Air Force Base, Oct. 1. As director of maintenance, he oversees four divisions: 97th Tanker Aircraft Division, 97th Airlift Aircraft Division, 97th Maintenance Division, and the 97th Maintenance Operations

  • Changes on the homefront

    Housing privatization will come to Altus Air Force Base, effective Dec. 1. GMH Military Housing will assume responsibility for Altus military housing through a 50-year contact with the Air Force and the Department of Defense. Housing privatization is a real estate transaction where a contractor

  • Our man in Australia...C-17 exchange pilot

    Capt. Lee Guthrie, a C-17A evaluator pilot from the 58th Airlift Squadron departs this week for a three-year assignment as a C-17 exchange pilot with the Royal Australian Air Force at RAAF Amberley, near Brisbane, Australia. The captain, his wife, Michelle and 10- month-old son, Rex, will arrive

  • Civil Engineer Readiness gains occupational badge

    In February, 2006, the Air Force Chief of Staff approved an occupational badge for the Civil Engineer Readiness career field. During Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM the CE Readiness career field was not readily identifiable and members' skill sets were not immediately understood. With

  • Commissary agency: 15 years of service, 140 years of history

    The Defense C o m m i s s a r y Agency will mark its 15th anniversary Oct. 1. Congress and the Department of Defense created DeCA in 1991 by consolidating the military services' retail grocery operations into one organization. "With sales of over $5 billion, all 'at cost' to our customers, this

  • General Halter takes command of 19th AF

    Surrounded by a line of 15 wing commanders and their command sergeants, civilian dignitaries, a few hundred well-wishers and eleven combat training aircraft, Maj. Gen. Irving Halter Jr. took command of the 19th Air Force from Maj. Gen. Marc Rogers in a special ceremony Tuesday morning. Gen. William