• Altus AFB hosts back-to-school event

     Children of Airmen celebrated the coming school year with some help from two organizations, Aug. 5.Operation Homefront is a national organization that supports military members through a variety of programs, including the annual, nationwide Back-to-School Brigade which provides children of military

  • BOWST preps students for refueling mission

     Altus Air Force Base is home to one of the most advanced systems used to train future U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft boom operators.The Boom Operator Weapons System Trainer is a simulator used by boom operator students here at Altus AFB to provide hands-on training before

  • A-Team maintenance keeps planes in the air

    A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft engine hangs from the wing with its covers open revealing its complex design made up of metal tubes and bolts.Below it, members of the 97th Maintenance Directorate, also known as the A-Team, dig inside the engine like a pride of lions after a

  • HVAC Airmen provide more than summer comfort

    The Altus AFB Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning shop is responsible for regulating the temperature throughout all base facilities, maintaining workable and livable environments and ensuring mission success.The HVAC shop is tasked with providing fully functional HVAC and refrigeration

  • Altus AFB to undergo inspection Aug. 10 - 17

    A team of Air Education and Training Command inspectors will be at the 97th Air Mobility Wing to conduct a Unit Effectiveness Inspection Aug. 10 - 17.The inspection is part of the new Air Force Inspection System, which is meant to reduce the impact to a unit's day-to-day mission.The visit will be a

  • Altus Airmen donate blood

     The Oklahoma Blood Institute hosted a blood drive at Altus Air Force Base July 24.The drive is held quarterly at Altus AFB and the blood collected helps save lives in the local Oklahoma area."This drive we collected 32 whole blood and 12 double reds," said U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kristi Jordan,

  • Air Force releases new requirements for enlisted education

    The Air Force began implementing a new Enlisted Professional Military Education model in June, designed to introduce Airmen to appropriate institutional competencies at specific milestones throughout their career.The new requirements for EPME training are broken down into three phases that now

  • Western Farmers Electrical Cooperative provides generator for Altus AFB

    Altus AFB hosted a ribbon cutting for a new 9-megawatt generator, July 13.The ribbon cutting followed many months of installation and testing, and was first put to use May 2.The generator, comprised of 15 smaller generators, is collectively known as an interactive distributed generation system, and

  • Altus Airmen create special day for Hollis boy

    Not every five year old gets the opportunity to ride in the front seat of a U.S. Air Force fire truck or sit in the flight deck of a multi-million dollar aircraft, but Jaxon Dugger isn't an average kid.Jaxon was given the chance to participate in the Pilot for a Day program at Altus Air Force Base,

  • Altus AFB hosts training for community firefighters

    Community firefighters participated in structural live fire training, forcible entry door training and confined space entry maze training at Altus AFB, June 24.The purpose of the training was to give new firefighters from the City of Altus and the City of Frederick hands-on experience to help