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  • Altus and Laughlin AFB team up to demonstrate airpower capabilities

    Two C-17 Globemaster III crews and Airmen from the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, integrated with Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, to support the COPE THAW mission by providing airlift capabilities for approximately 70,000 pounds of equipment to be moved to

  • Operation Cope Thaw: a pilot's chance to advance

    Airmen from Laughlin Air Force Base integrated with units from the 97th Air Mobility Wing, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, to begin a short-notice deployment exercise dubbed Operation Cope Thaw, which kicked off Feb. 2.

  • Department of Air Force Community Partnerships Resolve Base Housing Gaps

    This country is in a historic housing crunch. Many Americans are struggling to find quality and affordable housing. Military service members are no exception. Competition for housing has reached a point where it compromises our service members’ quality of life and threatens our military readiness.

  • 97 LRS supplies GRIT to Airmen

    Leaders from the 97th Logistic Readiness Squadron instituted the GRIT program, a monthly training for junior Airmen and their supervisors at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

  • FEMA reevaluates AAFB as potential emergency site

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency visited Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma to reevaluate the base as an emergency staging site in case of a natural disaster in Southwestern Oklahoma, December 16, 2021.

  • 97 AMW commander visits Laughlin AFB pilot students

    Airmen from the 58th Airlift Squadron and Col. Blaine Baker, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, flew a C-17 Globemaster III to Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 9-10, 2021, where Baker gave a speech at a pilot training graduation ceremony and allowed student pilots to tour an aircraft they could