Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • 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

  • EES/WAPS briefing team visits Altus AFB, July 10

    Personnel from Headquarters Air Force and the Air Force Personnel Center will visit Altus AFB, July 10, to share information about Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System changes.During the briefing, EES/WAPS subject matter experts will speak about changes that have already

  • Hohn takes command at Altus Air Force Base

    U.S. Air Force Col. Todd Hohn assumed command of the 97th Air Mobility Wing June 26.U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. James Hecker, 19th Air Force commander, served as the reviewing officer at the ceremony that honored former 97th AMW commander U.S. Air Force Col. Bill Spangenthal and inducted Hohn as the

  • Hecker assumes command of 19th Air Force

    Maj. Gen. James B. Hecker assumed command of 19th Air Force in a ceremony here June 23.Gen. Robin Rand, commander of Air Education and Training Command who presided over the ceremony, spoke to the importance of the 19th Air Force and the opportunity that awaits Hecker."All aviators start in the 19th