March 10, 2025 97 MDG enhances readiness through SOAR exercise Airmen from the 97th Medical Group tested their skills in the Sustainment Operations for Air Force Medical Responders (SOAR) exercise, retaining their readiness for real-world emergencies, at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Feb. 27, 2025.
Sept. 7, 2022 Altus | 97 MDG SNCO’s Ukrainian heritage supports coalition talks As a teenager starting a new life in the United States, Yuriy Papayanki never imagined that, as a Ukrainian immigrant, he’d one day be a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Nor did he imagine that those two worlds would one day come together.