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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).
The group was redesignated the 97th Operations Group and activated at Eaker Air Force Base, Arkansas on 1 September 1991 when the 97th Wing adopted the USAF Objective Wing organization plan. Under SAC, the group operated Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers until January 1992 and Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers until inactivating in April 1992.
The 58th Airlift Squadron is part of the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base, ... 97th Operations Group, 30 January 1996 ... New Guinea, c. 10 July 1943;
The wing's 97th Operations Group, at that time the 97th Bombardment Group, earned two Distinguished Unit Citations during combat missions in World War II. Through the USAF's bestowed history program, the 97th wing is temporarily entitled to display these and other honors earned by the group while the group is assigned to the wing.
The 56th Air Refueling Squadron is an active unit of the United States Air Force.It is part of the 97th Operations Group at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma.It operates Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aircraft, conducting initial and advanced aircrew training for air refueling operations.
The 97th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 340th Flying Training Group and is the Reserve associate to the 80th Flying Training Wing based at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. The 97th flew combat in the European Theater of Operations and the Mediterranean Theater of Operations between 25 December 1942 and 3 May 1945.
September 1994 – February 1995, deputy commander, 438th Operations Group, McGuire AFB, New Jersey February 1995 – June 1996, commander, 305th Operations Group, McGuire AFB, New Jersey July 1996 – December 1996, chief of Mobility Forces Division, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
63d Troop Carrier Group, 8 October 1959 (attached to 322d Air Division, February – c.19 August 1959) 63d Troop Carrier Wing, 18 January 1963 – 25 June 1965; 64th Flying Training Wing, 1 October 1972; 64th Operations Group, 15 December 1991 – 1 April 1997; 97th Operations Group, 16 January 1998 – present [2]