Altus AFB shuts down base-wide e-mail

On Oct 1. base-wide e-mail distribution as we know it will become a thing of the past.Through an Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century process, championed by Col. Ty Thomas, 97th Air Mobility Wing command, an innovative alternate way of publishing base-wide information and items of

USAFA Drum and Bugle Corps to perform at Altus AFB

The United States Air Force Academy Drum and Bugle Corps will be performing Sept. 17 at Altus Air Force Base to help celebrate the upcoming football game between the Air Force Academy Falcons and the Oklahoma University Sooners.Local residents will receive an extra treat -- the corps is also playing

Altus Airmen selected for Executive Leadership Development Program

The Department of Defense selected Maj. Max Bremer, 97th Training Squadron, and Maj. Michele LoBianco, 97th Operations Support Squadron, for the executive leadership development program.The 10-month program takes participants to a variety of locations both in the United States and overseas to

Innovative Environmental Coin Challenges Altus AFB

The 97th Civil Engineer Squadron here wants to recognize outstanding achievers in environmental stewardship and conservation with the award of a numbered challenge coin.The coin is the first of its kind on Altus AFB."We do have specific criteria on how the coin is to be awarded. We don't just give

Team BLAZE leaderships learns about "Servant Leadership"

Women's Equality Day, keeping history alive

Team Sheppard held a special retreat ceremony Aug. 26 to commemorate Women's Equality Day, recognizing the 90th Anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. Sherry Murray-Garrett said this year marked the 162nd anniversary of the Women's Rights Movement. She

Air Force moving forward with clean up at Tyndall

Air Force officials announced plans to continue with environmental cleanup efforts in place at Tyndall AFB. Terry Yonkers, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics, directed the work move forward expeditiously within the framework established by the Defense

Laughlin contractor refuels its one-millionth aircraft

Laughlin's 47th Logistics Readiness Division Fuels Management Flight recently surpassed a milestone 19 years in the making.The unit that refuels every Laughlin AFB aircraft and any visiting aircraft performed its one-millionth servicing Aug. 25.Robert Rodriguez, 47th LRD, topped off a T-38 Talon

66 years and counting...

Dorothy Rowe, 56th Comptroller Squadron chief financial analyst, celebrated her 50th year of service with the Defense Department Oct. 17, 1993. Seventeen years later, she is still working in the comptroller squadron with no plans to retire."I plan on working here as long as I have my mind and

Senior leaders 'lean' on AFSO21

Senior leadership from the 37th Training Wing spent a day learning how to reduce waste, maximize resources and improve efficiencies by using the Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century program.AFSO21, a standardized approach for improving work processes and combat capabilities across the Air