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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 (/ 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 ...
On July 1, 1961, the 577th Strategic Missile Squadron was activated at Altus Air Force Base and established twelve missile silo sites in a 40-mile radius around Altus, each with one Atlas-F nuclear missile. Of the twelve sites, all but one were located in Oklahoma.
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 ...
2554th Army Air Forces Base Unit Now: El Reno Regional Airport (IATA: RQO, ICAO: KRQO) Ponca City Airport, Ponca City Central Flying Training Command 323d Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment Now: Ponca City Regional Airport (IATA: PNC, ICAO: KPNC) Air Technical Service Command. Tinker Field, Oklahoma City 4136th Army Air Force Base Unit
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
The squadron was redesignated the 577th Strategic Missile Squadron and organized in June 1961 at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, where it was assigned to the 11th Bombardment Wing. [d] [1] In August 1962, the squadron was the first to place an Atlas F missile on alert status.
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