• National Nurses Week: a healthy dose of appreciation

    Every year, May 6-12 is recognized as National Nurses Week, a weeklong celebration ending on International Nurses Day, May 12th. For nurses of Mobility’s Hometown, National Nurses Week was filled with appreciation, gifts and food. The 97th Medical Group members showed their appreciation to the

  • AMC command team visits Mobility’s Hometown

    Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing showcased their training mission to the Air Mobility Command leadership team during a visit here Feb. 8, 2021.Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, AMC commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, AMC command chief, toured the installation to witness the

  • 97 AMW, VFW, local community celebrate Veterans Day

    Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4876 members and the local community gathered to honor veterans during a ceremony Nov. 11, 2020 at the Jackson County War Memorial in Altus, Oklahoma.

  • 97 AMW Hispanic Heritage Spotlight - TSgt Ezekiel Brito

    National Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors are from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. However, for U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ezekiel Brito, the NCO in charge of KC-135 Stratotanker aircrew

  • 1,000 Days of Patient Safety: 97th MDG Achieves Healthcare Excellence

    The 97th Air Mobility Wing Medical Group celebrated 1,000 days without operational errors. In the medical world, this is a significant accomplishment, as it can mean the difference between life and death. 1,000 days with an incident is 1,000 days with a serious safety event.

  • AETC explores learning possibilities through new pilot training program

    Air Education and Training Command is looking to explore how people learn and making a more efficient path to pilots earning their wings by revolutionizing training through the Pilot Training Next initiative.Scheduled to begin in February 2018, the program’s goal exemplifies the command’s concepts