Altus Air Force Base News

 

  • Altus KC-135 supports Viper Demo Team

    A KC-135 Stratotanker from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, refueled two F-16 Fighting Falcons enroute from Shaw AFB, South Carolina, Sept. 29, 2022.

  • AAFB pilots educate aspiring Airmen in flight simulator program

    In conjunction with Altus Public Schools, instructor pilots from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma have been sharing their experiences as well as educating and training high school students in aviation using X-Plane 11 flight simulators at Altus High School.

  • MWD Cora retires after 7 years of service

    After seven years, two deployments, five missions and countless long days and nights, Cora, 97th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, is hanging up her leash and collar.

  • 97 MDG SNCO’s Ukrainian heritage supports coalition talks

    As a teenager starting a new life in the United States, Yuriy Papayanki never imagined that, as a Ukrainian immigrant, he’d one day be a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Nor did he imagine that those two worlds would one day come together.

  • 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

  • 97th SFS Defenders sharpen skills during active shooter exercise

    Various groups and squadrons of the 97th Air Mobility Wing conducted an active shooter exercise at L. Mendel Rivers Elementary School at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Aug. 10, 2022. Exercises of this nature are critical to evaluate Department of Defense response actions to a lockdown incident and