Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • Valentines for Vets: Spreading the love to local Veterans

    Airmen from the Altus Air Force Base Airmen Leader Group visited several assisted living facilities in Altus and Clinton, Oklahoma, to hand-deliver Valentine’s Day cards made by students from Navajo Public Schools, Feb. 14, 2022.

  • Department of Air Force Community Partnerships Resolve Base Housing Gaps

    This country is in a historic housing crunch. Many Americans are struggling to find quality and affordable housing. Military service members are no exception. Competition for housing has reached a point where it compromises our service members’ quality of life and threatens our military readiness.

  • 97 LRS supplies GRIT to Airmen

    Leaders from the 97th Logistic Readiness Squadron instituted the GRIT program, a monthly training for junior Airmen and their supervisors at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

  • FEMA reevaluates AAFB as potential emergency site

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency visited Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma to reevaluate the base as an emergency staging site in case of a natural disaster in Southwestern Oklahoma, December 16, 2021.

  • 97 AMW commander visits Laughlin AFB pilot students

    Airmen from the 58th Airlift Squadron and Col. Blaine Baker, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, flew a C-17 Globemaster III to Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 9-10, 2021, where Baker gave a speech at a pilot training graduation ceremony and allowed student pilots to tour an aircraft they could

  • Altus, Luke AFB aircrews team up for air refueling training

    Task force AGILE JESTER from the 54th Air Refueling Squadron teamed up with Airmen from the 944th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, and the Arizona Air National Guard to complete an air refueling training exercise, Nov. 15-19, 2021.