US Air Force base near Altus, Oklahoma, United States
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Altus Air Force Base
Altus, Oklahoma in United States of America
A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III of the 97th Air Mobility Wing based at Altus AFB.
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 wing's mission is to provide C-17 Globemaster III, KC-135 Stratotanker and KC-46 Pegasus formal initial and advanced specialty training programs for up to 3,000 flight crew and aircraft maintenance students annually.
Altus AFB was established in 1943 as Altus Army Airfield (AAF). The 97 AMW commander is Colonel Blaine L. Baker. The Vice Commander is Colonel Jason P. Pavelschak. The Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Randy Kay II Archived 11 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
^"Airport Data - (LTS) Altus AFB (LTS)". Federal Aviation Administration. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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