Sept. 6, 2024 The Hero We Need: Wendell Browne Wendell Browne, 97th Air Mobility Wing prevention specialist, is many things: a husband, a veteran, an aerospace physiology technician, current suicide prevention instructor, and possibly, Batman.
Aug. 23, 2024 Herding Up the Memories: Altus AFB’s 26th Annual Cattle Drive Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing held the 26th Annual Cattle Drive at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Aug. 22, 2024.
May 2, 2024 OU AFROTC takes flight with the Mighty 97th University of Oklahoma Air Force ROTC cadets visited the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, April 25, 2024.
Nov. 29, 2023 58 AS Rat Pack drops Navy Leap Frogs over California Airmen from the 58th Airlift Squadron supported the Navy Parachute Team (“The Leap Frogs”), during two sporting events in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, Nov. 17-19.
June 30, 2023 Altus AFB celebrates a century of air refueling The 54th and 56th Air Refueling Squadrons memorialized the centennial anniversary of air refueling with an in-air refueling flyover demonstration over Texas and Oklahoma landmarks, June 27, 2023.
May 23, 2023 Navajo students have ‘a moment of science’ with 97 AMW AIM Wing program The Aviation Inspiration and Mentorship Wing program at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, partnered with Navajo Public Schools for an immersive tour around the base, May 10, 2023.
March 16, 2023 Leadership OK connects with AAFB Airmen, mission Members of Leadership Oklahoma visited Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 14, 2023, for a luncheon and tour of a C-17 Globemaster III.
Feb. 2, 2023 97 AMW hosts MAF Competency Summit to focus on future fight Airmen from Air Mobility Command and Air Education and Training Command gathered at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma for the first Mobility Air Force Competency Summit Jan. 24-26, 2023. During the summit, attendees discussed the realignment of aircrew training to best prepare pilots, loadmasters and
Jan. 4, 2023 AAFB celebrates 80 years of mobility airpower, community partnership From an area that originally prospered as a regional hub for cotton trade and distribution, Altus has since become a hub for mobility aircrew training. On Jan. 1, 2023, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, turned 80 years old.
Dec. 14, 2022 Jumping for joy: 58 AS supports Operation Toy Drop Eagerness, excitement, and adrenaline are written all over the faces of the U.S. Army and Army Reserve soldiers waiting to jump out of a C-17 Globemaster III hailing from Altus Air Air Force Base, Oklahoma. When their parachutes open and they hit the ground at the Sicily Drop Zone near Fayetteville,