Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • Air Safety Community Training

    Civilian pilots from the Altus and surrounding area visited Altus Air Force Base on March 10, 2018 to experience two aircraft static displays, simulators and a safety briefing.

  • TRICARE Consolidations: Welcome TRICARE East

    TRICARE beneficiaries will be affected by new policy changes starting Jan. 1, 2018. TRICARE will be consolidated to TRICARE East and West. Each region will have their own network providers.   Members in the current TRICARE North or South region will soon fall under TRICARE East. Altus AFB will fall

  • Flying for cycles; Altus AFB pilot encourages AF Cycling Team

    Surrounded by strangers, 10,000 cyclists biked together across Iowa in seven days. Stopping at four towns per day for food and rest, the athletes rode approximately 60 miles per day across the state. U.S. Air Force Capt. John Lachiewicz, an evaluation pilot with the 54th Air Refueling Squadron, rode

  • Desiree Kessler: A story of an Air Force Spouse

    Their story began at a hockey game. Merely an ordinary day; they sat only three seats apart. After the game however, they exchanged phone numbers and from then on they were inseparable. Soon after, a nursing student and an Airman 1st Class married and have stayed strong and faithful through his Air

  • Eyes of the Eagle: Collect, Detect, Protect

    They collect information, detect problems with investigations and help protect against crimes by searching for the truth. When all is said and done, they pass everything along to the inspector general, wing commander and wing staff judge advocates to take appropriate actions against an alleged

  • Air Power Over Altus Airshow reaches 30K

    Altus Air Force Base hosted the 2017 Air Power Over Altus airshow this past weekend on the installation to approximately 30,000 people from the local community and throughout the U.S.

  • 6 out of 10

    This is the first of a personality feature series.Being in the military can be tough for families. Through deployments, changes in duty location and long hours it’s easy to see where things can start to get complicated. However, every once in a while an Airman receives the opportunity to stay close

  • Forging the air show; 2017 Airpower Over Altus

    The scheduled 2017 Airpower Over Altus Air Show is set to showcase the 97th Air Mobility Wing and the Air Mobility Training Center. Nearly every squadron on base is putting an effort into the air show to illustrate what Altus Air Force Base and the Air Force does.

  • Trained to control

    Air traffic controllers have the job of navigating and managing the airspace to ensure that aircraft are safe from takeoff to landing, including tracking their flights. With all that responsibility, air traffic controllers have to know their job inside and out. While technical school provides Airmen

  • Taking care of Airmen; Airmen dorm leaders

    After a long day in the scorching heat, first-term Airmen need a place to relax and decompress. Some might call this a “home away from home,” but most know it as the dormitories the U.S. Air Force provides. The responsibility of maintaining the dorms falls to the Airmen dorm managers who are ready