Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • Wing Staff; Leading the Way

    They help people financially, legally and spiritually. They’re here to make sure everyone’s job is done safely, up to standards and that everyone is given the same opportunities. Though many of these agencies are small, members of the 97th Wing Staff Agencies have an important role here at Altus Air

  • Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson: “Airpower starts here”

    Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, visited Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing here, April 25-26, during an immersion tour aimed to give him a better understanding of Altus Air Force Base's training mission.  During the tour, the general met with base

  • AF family shares experience with child’s autism

    (This is the sixth AFMS article for the Military Children’s Health Month series)    Four year-old Dawson Stock loves music and instruments –his mother says he is obsessed with the violin. He knows the alphabet forwards and backwards and is ready to read. Dawson is teaching himself the sign-language

  • Disaster Preparation

    What happens when we lose power and water?  It is important to have a backup plan. For this spring’s PrepareAthon the focus is on resilience and being ready. During the recent ice storm that the Altus area experienced some preparation issues appeared in the community. We were resilient, but we can

  • Crushin it in 2015

    With a mission of forging combat mobility forces and deploying Airmen warriors, Altus Air Force Base strives to produce Airmen of the highest quality and in 2015 their efforts were recognized.  Seven squadrons and 11 individuals of Altus AFB were awarded top honors at the Air Education Training

  • Persistence is key

    My story started 31 years ago, in a rather unusual way.  I’m embarrassed to say, I was born in a car, I came out on the way to the hospital. As a child, my parents divorced when I was one, so I grew up primarily with my mom, my older brother and my younger sister. Although, I grew up in what one

  • Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month

     April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month and the Altus Air Force Base Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office is hosting several free events throughout the month.Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month is dedicated in raising awareness to the public about sexual violence

  • Fighting pests to serve the rest

    Many people see venomous snakes, deadly spiders, swarms of stinging insects, rabid creatures of the night and plants that make people breakout in rashes and hives in their nightmares but for members of the 97th Civil Engineer Squadron Pest Management flight its their everyday job.But pest management

  • Altus AFB strengthens capabilities in multi-base exercise

    Members from the 97th Air Mobility Wing took part in a two-day flying operations training exercise from March 3-4, 2016.The training exercise is part of the Altus Air Force Base Quarterly Exercise Program (ALTEX) which was established to enhance aircrew instructor opportunities and provide exposure

  • Altus Airmen expand global reach

    Forging combat mobility forces is something that the aircrew instructors of the U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft take extremely serious, but that mission is not just limited to skies over the sooner state. Recently a team of Altus Air Force Base and Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airmen