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Altus Air Force Base (Altus AFB, AAFB) (IATA: LTS, ICAO: KLTS, FAA LID: LTS) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) 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).
Air Base is typically but not always used to name an installation located outside the United States or its territories. Active duty Installations are normally named after notable Air Force personnel, whereas Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard installations are either named in the same manner or after the community in which they are located.
There were 11 prisoners of war base camps, 22 POW branch camps, 3 POW hospitals, 3 enemy alien internment camps and 4 POW cemeteries in Oklahoma during World War II. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] On July 1, 1961, the 577th Strategic Missile Squadron was activated at Altus Air Force Base and established twelve missile silo sites in a 40-mile radius ...
Pusan East Air Base (K-9), South Korea, 17 May 1951 - 10 May 1952; Long Beach Municipal Airport, California, 13 June 1952; March Air Force Base, California, 14 October 1960; Norton Air Force Base, California, 25 March 1968; March Air Force Base (later March Air Reserve Base), California, 14 August 1993 – 1 April 2005 [28] [24]
Altus AFB, Oklahoma (11 June 1952 – 21 June 1954) 63d Troop Carrier Group/Wing; Bergstrom AFB, Texas (22 March 1946 – 1 December 1948, 1 July 1957 – 1 October 1958, 1 July 1966 – 1 June 1992) 27th Fighter Wing (1957–1958) 75th Reconnaissance Wing (1966–1971) 67th Reconnaissance Wing (1971–1992) Blytheville AFB, Arkansas
This is a list of United States Air Force air refueling squadrons. Air refueling squadrons Squadron Shield Location Nickname Aircraft Status 2nd Air Refueling Squadron McGuire AFB "Second to None" KC-46 Pegasus Active 6th Air Refueling Squadron Travis AFB, Fairfield CA Strength Extended KC-10 Extender Active 7th Air Refueling Squadron Carswell AFB, Ft. Worth TX KC-135A Inactivated 1993 9th Air ...
Peterson AFB: C-130H: Active 53rd Airlift Squadron: Little Rock AFB: Black Jacks: C-130 Hercules: Active 54th Airlift Squadron: Scott AFB: C-40C: Active 55th Airlift Flight: Osan AB: C-12 Huron: Inactive 56th Airlift Squadron: Altus AFB: C-5 Galaxy: Inactive (now 56th Air Refueling Squadron) 57th Airlift Squadron: Altus AFB: C-141B Starlifter ...
Altus (/ ˈ æ l t ə s /) is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States. [5] The population was 18,729 at the 2020 census. [6] Altus is home to Altus Air Force Base, the United States Air Force training base for C-17, KC-46 and KC-135 aircrews. It is also home to Western Oklahoma State College and Southwest ...