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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 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.
Altus Air Force Base – Altus – KLTS ; 97th Air Mobility Wing [5] Kegelman Air Force Auxiliary Field – Jet – KCKA; 71st Flying Training Wing [6] Tinker Air Force Base – Oklahoma City/Midwest City – KTIK; 10th Flight Test Squadron; 38th Cyberspace Engineering Group; 72d Air Base Wing; 76th Maintenance Wing; 448th Supply Chain ...
The 58th Airlift Squadron is part of the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft training pilots and loadmasters for airlift and airdrop operations.
92nd Maintenance Group, 92nd Air Refueling Wing: Fairchild Air Force Base [23] 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 96th Maintenance Group, 96th Test Wing: Eglin Air Force Base [24] 97th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 97th Maintenance Group, 97th Air Mobility Wing: Altus Air Force Base [25] 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
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In August 2014, the unit was transferred to the 507th Operations Group, located at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, but operational control of its training mission falls to the 97th Wing. The squadron's personnel are a mix of reservists and Air Reserve Technicians who make up nearly 25% of the instructors at Altus.