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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.
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.
97th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 97th Maintenance Group, 97th Air Mobility Wing: Altus Air Force Base [25] 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 100th Maintenance Group, 100th Air Refueling Wing: RAF Mildenhall [26] 192nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 192nd Maintenance Group, 192nd Fighter Wing: Joint Base Langley–Eustis [27] 305th ...
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.
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]
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.