• AAFB Airmen, Ft. Sill Soldiers team up for joint training

    Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing joined Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment (3-2 ADA) from the 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade (ADA) stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to conduct vehicle loading training on a static C-17 Globemaster III at Altus Air Force

  • Alcohol Awareness Month

    April is Alcohol Awareness Month. If you or someone you know is struggling with alcohol abuse, reach out to the Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Treatment Program or the Behavioral Health Optimization Program with the 97th Air Mobility Wing Medical Group by calling 580-481-5376 (ADAPT) or

  • 97 AMW leaders connect with future Altus Airmen

    Leaders from the 97th Operations Group at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, visited with the Career Enlisted Aviators Center of Excellence team at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 3-6, 2023, to discuss the upcoming changes to the career enlisted aviator courses.

  • New AAFB SARC brings a legacy of service

    A smile comes across Leah Harris’ face as she answers her constantly ringing cell phone, only to put it down and pick up her office phone. Then, a knock on the door from an unexpected but welcome guest interrupts her meeting - all in the span of one half-hour.

  • AAFB units give kids a taste of deployment experience

    Children of Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing got a glimpse of their parents' experiences in deployment lines on April 1, 2023 at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The Month of the Military Child kicked off with the “Kids Deployment Line” put on by the 97th Force Support Squadron Military and

  • AAFB celebrates WHM with women’s flight

    Female Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing celebrated Women’s History Month by generating two all-female sorties at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 28, 2023. The two crews performed aircraft maintenance, an upload and download of a medium tactical vehicle onto a C-17 Globemaster III and air