Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • Line Number Three Tech. Sergeant Promotes at Altus AFB

    U.S. Air Force Tech. Sergeant Amanda Harrison, the Aerospace Medicine flight chief assigned the 97th Medical Group, promoted to Tech. Sgt. with a line number of three, July 18, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Harrison has been on a long 12-year journey of battling testing anxiety and studying

  • USDA Creates Program to Protect Predatory Birds and Airmen

    The 97th Air Mobility Wing Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) program, expanded itself with an addition of the Predatory Bird Relocation Program in order to continue the mission at Altus AFB of training mobility aircrew.

  • 97 AMW Graduates Six-Year-Old Pilot

    On July 19th, a six-year-old cancer survivor from Tulsa, Okla. became one of youngest pilots to train at the 97th Air Mobility Wing as part of the Pilot for a Day program. This program helps kids like Bradey Hyle take their minds off of medical treatments and have a memorable day. After accepting

  • 97 AMW in Photos

    The Altus Chamber of Commerce and Committee of 100 hosted the quarterly Committee of 100 dinner and welcoming event, July 8, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla.

  • Altus Schools to Hold One-Stop Enrollment

    The Altus Public School system is offering a one-stop enrollement for students to any of the seven campuses in the city, Aug. 2, 2019 at the Altus High School Cafeteria.

  • 97 AMW in Photos

    The 97th Air Mobility Wing hosted the Israeli air force Air Attaché to the United States of America during a site visit to the home of the KC-46A Pegasus Formal Training Unit, July 1-2, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla.

  • 97 MDG Pharmacist Wins Pharmacy Tech of the Year

    U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Stacie Hamilton, a pharmacy flight chief assigned the 97th Medical Group, won the annual Leadership Pinnacle Senior Technician of the Year Award, May 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla.

  • 97 FSS Wins 2018 Eubank Award

    The 97th Air Mobility Wing Force Support Squadron received the 2018 Maj. Gen. Eugene L. Eubank Award for best small installation FSS in the Air Force, June 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla.

  • 97 AMW in Photos

    Last week, the U.S. Army National Guard worked alongside the 97th Air Mobility Wing to simulate a deployed emergency scenario that tested the capabilities of how quickly they can mobilize in Operation Western Strike. On June 18, 2019, they returned from Arkansas to Altus Air Force Base.