• AAFB SELs develop coping skills class to bolster mental health

    Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Joanne S. Bass recently discussed the importance of mental health care and supporting Airmen. Two senior enlisted leaders from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, followed suit by developing an 8-week course to help

  • AAFB Airmen mentor AHS students during Red Ribbon Week

    This year for Red Ribbon Week, Airmen from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, spoke at Altus High School to spread awareness of the dangers of drugs. Airmen expressed the dangers of drugs and the effects they can have on the user’s body, legal discipline, the signs of overdosing and how the brain

  • Altus AFB hosts 23rd Annual Cattle Drive

    Leaders from the 97th Air Mobility Wing and local community members drove more than 20 longhorn cattle through Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Aug. 25, 2022. The cattle drive is an annual event that carries on the tradition of “The Great Western Trail,” a path that over six million cattle and one

  • 54th ARS seizes ‘Golden State’ opportunity to refuel F-16s

    Airmen from the 54th Air Refueling Squadron at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, provided air refueling to multiple F-16 Fighter Falcons from the 310th Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, at March Air Reserve Base, California July 11-15, 2022.

  • State tree planted to commemorate AAFB history

    Leaders from the 97th Air Mobility Wing and local community planted an eastern redbud, the Oklahoma state tree, in the Wings of Freedom Park at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, May 2, 2022.

  • AAFB celebrates education at CCAF graduation

    Forty-three Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing received Community College of the Air Force degrees and 25 were presented their degrees during a graduation ceremony, April 29, 2022 at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma.