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  • Sparky Helps Promote Fire Prevention to Military Children

    This week is Fire Prevention Week and the Altus Air Force Base fire department is turning up the heat by spreading awareness to military members and their families. On Sept. 24, 2019, the Altus AFB fire department took a special trip to the Child Development Center and offered children the

  • 97 SFS Retires Military Working Dog

    After nine years of service, explosive detection Military Working Dog, Yyoda/P195, honorably retires from the military, September 11, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla.

  • 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

  • Altus AFB Hosts Kids Deployment Line

    The 97th Air Mobility Wing hosted a Kids Deployment Line welcoming children on base to experience a ‘kid-friendly’ deployment simulation, August 1, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla.

  • Altus Tech. Sgt. Promotes At Line No. 3 of 9,467 after 12 year struggle

    U.S. Air Force Tech. Sergeant Amanda Harrison, the Aerospace Medicine flight chief assigned the 97th Medical Group, promoted to Tech. Sgt. with a line number of three, July 18, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Harrison has been on a long 12-year journey of battling testing anxiety and studying

  • Altus AFB Graduates Six-Year-Old Pilot

    On July 19th, a six-year-old cancer survivor from Tulsa, Okla. became one of youngest pilots to train at the 97th Air Mobility Wing as part of the Pilot for a Day program. This program helps kids like Bradey Hyle take their minds off of medical treatments and have a memorable day. After accepting