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Altus AFB holds Easter sunrise service in C-5 Galaxy

Chaplain, Maj. (S) William L. Hoggatt, Altus Air Force Base, Okla., prays during the 2007 Easter Sunrise Service in a C-5A Galaxy with the open ramp turned toward the rising sun. Two-hundred people attended the annual event on the Altus AFB flightline. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Michael Fletcher)
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Service Before Self

Lt. Col. Cathy Bartholomew, 97th Training Squadron commander, awards Airman 1st Class Adam K. Harrison, 97th Training Squadron C-5 loadmaster student, an Air Force Achievement Medal.
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Spouses take flight

(Right) Pamela Freeman, spouse of Capt. Kent Freeman, 58th Airlift Squadron, along with Julie Schindler (left), spouse of Capt. Nick Schindler, 54th Air Refueling Squadron, and Tech. Sgt. Randy Kay, 55th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, gaze as a C-5 Galaxy approaches for refueling during a training mission at Altus Air Force Base.
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Valentines for Vets

Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Airmen tried in vain to beat the Clinton, Okla., State Veterans Center resident dominoes player, Robert Morrison, Feb. 14. More than 60 Airmen from Altus AFB visited the VA Center, bringing hand-made valentines from Altus school children for the veterans and spent time with the residents, listening to stories from those who had gone before.
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Tops In Blue 53rd performance in Altus!

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Santa on a skateboard!

Members of the Youth Center’s Keystone Club celebrate after winning first prize in the Christmas Card Competition Dec. 20. Col. Carlton D. Everhart II, (right), 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, presented the group with an oversized check for $125 near the traffic circle. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Michael Fletcher)
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How many gallons did you say?

Master Sgt. Francis Antonsen explained the capabilities and mission of the KC-135 and talked about his military career. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Fletcher)
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Racquin' up points

Col. Keith Moncrief, 97th Mission Support Group commander, and Tech. Sgt. Christopher Baca, a C-5 flight engineer, compete in the final game of the Racquetball Tournament Dec. 13 at the Fitness Center. The two played three games against each other, with Colonel Moncrief taking the win, 3-1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joshua DeMotts)
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Elbow grease...

Senior Master Sgt. Bob Hoeppner, 376th Expeditionary Operations Group superintendent, tightens a bolt on the new swing set before it’s cemented into the ground. Members of both the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing and EOG visited the Solnyshko Kindergarten School Nov. 16 to complete the swing set for the children. Sergeant Hoeppner is deployed from 56th Airlift Squadron at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Christy Stravolo)
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Way back when...

97th Air Mobility Wing Commander Col. Carlton D. Everhart II, center, Altus Mayor T.L. Gramling, left, and Altus Chamber of Commerce President Holley Urbanski, right, listen to a historical narration describing the early days of Oklahoma statehood during the Altus Centennial Kick-off Celebration Nov. 16. Colonel Everhart wore a World War II-style wheelcap, and other participants wore period dress similar to what early settlers would have worn when Oklahoma became a state on Nov. 17, 1907. Centennial celebration events are planned throughout the year leading up to the anniversary Nov. 17, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Monique Randolph.
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Guess how many...

Col. Michael Mendonca, 97th Air Mobility Wing vice commander, surveys the mountains of peanuts inside the warehouse at the Altus Peanut Company during the Farm City Week tour Nov. 8. The Altus Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual tours to introduce members of the base to the agri-business sector of the local community. The Altus peanut company dries approximately 2,000 tons of peanuts every year for farmers throughout the area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Rebecca Dickens)
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Daddy's home...

Senior Airman Calvin Murphy, an engineering assistant with the 97th Civil Engineer Squadron, greeted his 7-month-old daughter, Anisa, for the first time Nov. 9. Airman Murphy was one of 27 CES troops to return from a deployment that day. The troops trickled in from morning to late evening following deployments to Balad Air Base, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mercedes Crossland)
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For those who served...

Master Sgt. Lisa Hill, NCO in charge of the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron's Aerial Operations Flight, places a flag on the grave of a veteran at the Altus Cemetery Nov. 9. Along with members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4876, more than 60 LRS troops showed up to honor 1600 veterans buried there. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brian Engle)
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Altus deploys in 51-ship exercise

Altus Air Force Base C-17s participated in a 51-ship Mobility Air Forces Exercise Nov. 7. The exercise represented a strategic brigade airdrop insertion scenario that, when fully executed, would put a brigade-size force of Army troops into enemy territory just days after being directed by senior military leaders.
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