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  • Altus AFB celebrates 28 years of The Cattle Drive

    Since 1999, leaders from the 97th Air Mobility Wing have saddled up alongside local ranchers for the annual Cattle Drive, continuing a tradition that honors the legacy of The Great Western Trail. During the late 19th century, more than six million cattle and one million horses traveled the historic

  • 97 AMW Leaders Learn to Sort Cattle

    Every year, the Great Plains Stampede Rodeo Association comes to town and the 97th Air Mobility Wing is involved in many unique ways. In particular, the cattle sorting competition invites wing leadership to the Watkins Ranch in Altus, Okla., to participate in a friendly, yet difficult, competition.

  • 97 AMW Leaders Learn to Sort Cattle

    Every year, the Great Plains Stampede Rodeo Association comes to town and the 97th Air Mobility Wing is involved in many unique ways. In particular, the cattle sorting competition invites wing leadership to the Watkins Ranch in Altus, Okla., to participate in a friendly, yet difficult, competition.

  • From Humvees to Horses: the LRS Airman Behind the Altus Cattle Drive

    Tech. Sgt. Robert Black, the Vehicle Maintenance NCO in charge assigned to the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron, has experienced country living his entire life. For the past 15 years, Black has committed himself to this lifestyle by helping kick-off one of Altus AFB’s most distinctive events, the