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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).
Altus Air Force Base: Altus: Oklahoma: Air Education and Training Command: 97th Air Mobility Wing: The 97th Air Mobility Wing trains crews to operate the C-17A Globemaster III, KC-135R Stratotanker and KC-46A Pegasus. [4] Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling: Southwest
Donaldson AFB, South Carolina (16 October 1950 – 20 July 1951) 375th Troop Carrier Wing (1950) 443d Troop Carrier Wing (1950–1951) Dow AFB, Maine (20 November 1946 – 1 December 1948) 14th Fighter Group; Dover AFB, Delaware (1 April 1946 – 1 December 1948) 320th AAF/Air Force Base Unit; Dyess AFB, Texas (15 October 1969 – 1 December 1974)
Moved to Dyess AFB, TX after closure of Carswell AFB and transfer to US Navy as NAS JRB Fort Worth/Carswell Field; became B-1B Wing (9th BS) 9th Bombardment Squadron 20th Bombardment Squadron (from 2d BW 6/65 to 2d BW 12/92) 492nd Bombardment Squadron (to 4228th SW at Columbus AFB) 11th Bombardment (later Strategic Aerospace) Wing, Altus AFB ...
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 ...
The Altus Trophy was awarded to the Goodfellow Air Force Base, in San Angelo, Texas in 2022. Juan Corral can be reached at JCorral@gannett.com or on X, formerly Twitter at @Juan36Corr .
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During this period, the wing headquarters, tactical and maintenance squadrons were minimum-manned "paper" units. Commenced initial tactical operations in March 1954. Phased down at Whiteman AFB, MO. in mid-1963 and moved without personnel or equipment to Bergstrom AFB, Texas, absorbing resources and mission of former 4130th Strategic Wing.