• 97 AMW Airmen show pride at LGBTQ+ panel

    Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing participated in a discussion panel to ask and answer questions about the LGBTQ+ community at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, June 10, 2022.

  • AAPI Month: SSgt Celis shares Saipanese heritage, culture

    Saipan, an island in the chain of the Northern Mariana Islands, spans 12 miles long and 5.6 miles wide. It consists of more than 45,000 people, the majority of which are Asian and Pacific Islanders. Before coming to the ‘Mighty 97th’ Staff Sgt. Margaret Celis was one of them.

  • Altus ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ group targets education, discourse

    Recruitment is the lifeblood of the United States military. It brings people from different origins and backgrounds come together to be trained and assigned to military missions around the world. Similarly many leaders through the military place great value in diversity and the dynamic elements it

  • 97 AMW Airmen experience the Taste of Asia

    More than 70 people attended the Taste of Asia event hosted by the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage group held at the Freedom Community Center at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, May 27, 2021. The event was held to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage by providing their