FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma ~ 15 SEPT 2026

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma

Altus Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 4 miles east-northeast of Altus, Oklahoma.

The host unit at Altus AFB is the 97th Air Mobility Wing (97 AMW), assigned to the Nineteenth Air Force (19 AF) of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The wing's mission is to provide C-17 Globemaster III, KC-135 Stratotanker and KC-46 Pegasus formal initial and advanced specialty training programs for up to 3,000 flight crew and aircraft maintenance students annually.

The 97th Air Mobility Wing plans and executes C-17, KC-135 formal school initial and advanced specialty training programs for up to 3000 students annually, sustains C-17, KC-135 airland, airdrop and air refueling mobility forces providing global reach for combat and contingency operations, and provides air traffic control and weather forecasting for flying operations.

97th Operations Group consists of:

97th Operations Support Squadron
56th Air Refueling Squadron
58th Airlift Squadron
54th Air Refueling Squadron
97th Training Squadron

 On August 30, 2002, the 97th Logistics Group inactivated and the 97th Air Mobility Wing Maintenance Directorate formed along with five subordinate divisions. On November 1, 2017, the 97th Maintenance Group was activated to replace the Maintenance Directorate, aligning the 97th Air Mobility Wing’s aircraft maintenance function with standard Air Force organizational structure.

The 97th Mission Support Group provides mission support for C-17, KC-135 and KC-46 aircraft and base wide infrastructure to include communications, civil engineering, law enforcement, force/fire protection, contracting, disaster response, environmental, lodging, transportation, recreation, supply, education, mobility, food service and family & personnel support.

97th Maintenance Group provides maintenance and support to all assigned aircraft and provides the same maintenance support to transient aircraft, engines and associated ground equipment. The Group provides backshop support to all three aircraft while continuously improving environmental awareness and effectively managing maintenance resources, allowing the 97th Air Mobility Wing to perform its aircrew training mission.

Learn More About Altus Air Force Base HERE!!

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[PROCON]

Thanks for taking us on tonight’s Road Trip, Lauren!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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[luvie]

~ Road Trip: Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma ~

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[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening PROCON!

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy and thank you radu!

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening luvie!

*HUGS*

[luvie]

Howdy, lauren! (((hugs)))

Hope you have a great week! And that it finally cools off for ALL of us!

[radu]

Howdy, lauren. *Hugz*

Everything goin’ alright down there in the oven?
It’s an oven here, too, so you aren’t the only ones being picked on by mother Nature. Or cussing her. LOL

[Jet Jaguar]

Thanks Lauren, for the taking the time to post this.

((HUGZ))

[laurenmarlowe]

Thank ya luvie, you too. This time next week?!?!?

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.
Have a good time with your son this weekend?

When are y’all gonna stop hogging the nice temps so they can move on down this way? :-)

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy JJ! Always so great to see you here!

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi radu!

It’s just crazy that it’s still so hot over a big part of the US. Oven is right, still over 100 degrees here, for the rest of this week.

You take care, and stay cool!

*HUGS*

[PROCON]

Hey radu, always a fun time with the boy, he has today off so saw him again.

Coldish mornings here leading to warm afternoons, just loving it.

I know you in the southern states have longer lasting summer weather.

How's getting around doing?

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Did you get the few degrees shaved off the high today that they promised?

[radu]

Yeah, nothing’s coming through to shove this big high off to the Atlantic to give us some relief. No relief for us for at least a week, and no rain either. :-(

Stayin’ cool as best I can! LOL

[pfflier]

My dad retired at Altus AFB and I graduated from Altus High School.

We were assigned there twice, in 1961-1964, it was a SAC base hosting Atlas Missiles in silos, B52's and KC-135s.

We returned in 1967 when my dad retired and watched it turn into a MAC base with C-141s and C-5s. They still kept the KC-135 squadron there. After I enlisted in the USAF in 1971, it was transferred to ATC.

In one of those quirks of military life, after 9 years of active duty doing Minuteman III maintenance, I transferred to the reserves and went back to Altus again for C-141 loadmaster cross training then three years later pilot training for the '141.

That base wouldn't let go of me.

[radu]

Ah, a bonus day with your son. The next one needs to be spent on the pew pew range. :-)

Yeah, summer hangs around a little longer down here but usually we’re feeling a cooldown by now. Still warm but comfortably so. This isn’t comfortable at all! Send some our way!

I’m getting around well these days. The ankle’s a little achy by the end of the day if I do too much so I try NOT to do too much. LOL Some days can’t be helped. I do the little list of exercises the dr. gave me to do late each night and they immediately make everything feel much better. With luck, it won’t take as long to completely heal as the dr. expects.

[TStro]

My uncle was stationed there in the 60’s
We lived in Amarillo and went to Lake Altus to visit them
Good times