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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.
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 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;
97th Station Medical Group (later 97th Medical Group, 97th Medical Squadron, 97th Medical Group, 97th Tactical Hospital): 1 December 1947 – 1 January 1959; 398th Operations Group: 1 October 1992 – 31 March 1995; 401st Bombardment Group: attached 10 February-25 June 1951
The Squadron was re-designated as the 56th Airlift Squadron on 27 August 1991, becoming attached to the 97th Operations Group at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operated Lockheed C-5 Galaxy aircraft, conducting initial and advanced aircrew training for airlift , airdrop and 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]
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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.