• Airmen “drive out” sexual assault from Altus AFB

    Throughout April, the 97th Air Mobility Wing Sexual Assault Prevention and Response team hosted events, including classes and driving range competitions, to raise awareness for Sexual Assault Prevention Month at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

  • Altus, Travis AFB Airmen train to maintain

    Members of the 97th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron trained maintainers from the 660th and 749th AMXSs at Travis Air Force Base, California on the KC-46 Pegasus at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, from February to May 2023.

  • Alcohol Awareness Month

    April is Alcohol Awareness Month. If you or someone you know is struggling with alcohol abuse, reach out to the Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Treatment Program or the Behavioral Health Optimization Program with the 97th Air Mobility Wing Medical Group by calling 580-481-5376 (ADAPT) or

  • 97 AMW leaders connect with future Altus Airmen

    Leaders from the 97th Operations Group at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, visited with the Career Enlisted Aviators Center of Excellence team at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 3-6, 2023, to discuss the upcoming changes to the career enlisted aviator courses.

  • New AAFB SARC brings a legacy of service

    A smile comes across Leah Harris’ face as she answers her constantly ringing cell phone, only to put it down and pick up her office phone. Then, a knock on the door from an unexpected but welcome guest interrupts her meeting - all in the span of one half-hour.

  • AAFB celebrates WHM with women’s flight

    Female Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing celebrated Women’s History Month by generating two all-female sorties at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 28, 2023. The two crews performed aircraft maintenance, an upload and download of a medium tactical vehicle onto a C-17 Globemaster III and air