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Dec. 15, 2020
97 AMW extends outreach - trains Altus PD on suicide awareness

Officers from the City of Altus Police Department extended their knowledge during a first responder suicide awareness training on December 9, 2020, at the APD.
Dec. 7, 2020
97 MDG highlights readiness to AETC surgeon general team

Medical leadership from Air Education and Training Command in Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, visited Altus Air Force Base to take part in an immersion tour of the 97th Medical Group, Dec. 3, 2020. The immersion tour showcased the 97th MDG’s readiness capabilities to Col. Michael Higgins,
Nov. 20, 2020
AF restores military tuition assistance cap, AF COOL funding

$4,500 per fiscal year and online preparatory course funding for fiscal year 2021, effective immediately.
Nov. 14, 2020
AFWERX announces virtual Accelerate Event Dec. 7-11

It has grown from three successful innovation experiments into one organization that will accelerate affordable and agile capabilities by expanding the defense industrial base as the preferred partner for commercial technology innovation and broadening the network of Airmen creating innovative
Sept. 16, 2020
Department of the Air Force pushes fitness testing to Jan. 1

To continue minimizing close contact among personnel during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ensure units and personnel are fully ready to resume, testing has been delayed from October to January, and testing in January will move forward without obtaining waist, height and weight measurements.
Sept. 3, 2020
97 AMW in photos: assembling mobility aircrew training

The 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron Airmen play a crucial role in the primary training mission at Mobility’s Hometown. One such task is training qualified C-17 Globemaster III loadmasters to be certified in airdrop training.
July 27, 2020
Air Force updates medical courses with COVID-19 content, procedures

Air Force medical instructors and trainers are improving curriculum and adapting procedures to account for COVID-19 operations. COVID-19 has shed new light on the methods of conducting medical training and education.
June 22, 2020
Commentary: pouring from an empty cup

Air Force medics are on the front lines against COVID-19, and maintaining their mental well-being is critical to keeping them in the fight. One of the biggest risks for providers is burnout, or compassion fatigue.
May 22, 2020
97 AMW ensures emergency readiness with severe weather exercise

Airmen of the 97th Air Mobility Wing conducted a severe weather exercise on May 21, 2020 to practice emergency response procedures.Many residents in the Southern Midwest of the United States have grown up practicing procedures for tornadoes. At the 97th AMW, Airmen also need to practice aircraft
May 9, 2020
Columbus AFB salutes local frontline heroes with flyovers

In honor of the American heroes on the front lines battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Columbus Air Force Base provided dissimilar formation flyovers May 9 over several local communities in northeast Mississippi.