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  Altus Air Force Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Altus Air Force Base is a military airbase in Oklahoma operated by the United States Air Force.
At the end of hostilities in Europe, Altus AAF was slated for inactivation and on 15 May 1945 placed on temporary inactive status.
After 32 years at Altus AFB, the C-141, piloted by the men and women of the 57th Airlift Squadron, was released from active duty and transferred to the capable hands of the USAF Reserve.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Altus_Air_Force_Base   (1288 words)

  
 Altus AFB
Altus AFB was established by the War Department during World War II on 17 June 1942.
Altus is the county seat of Jackson County and is easily accessible from the north and south by US Highway 283 and from the east and west by US Highway 62.
Altus AFB is located within Altus’ city limits on the northeast side of the City.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/altus.htm   (2026 words)

  
 Altus AFB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Altus AFB replaced the B-47s with B-52s and KC-135s.
Placed at Altus as the host unit was the 97th Air Mobility Wing which Air Mobility Command (AMC) activated on 1 October 1992.
As a result of the change, the operational KC-135 assets at Altus were reassigned to Air Mobility Command's 19th Air Refueling Wing at Robins AFB, Georgia.
www.zianet.com /jpage/airforce/history/bases/a/altus.html   (373 words)

  
 BatesLine: Oklahoma Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Two of Oklahoma's three Air Force bases were on the draft list for closure: Altus AFB, near the city of the same name, and Vance AFB, near Enid.
Altus AFB trains 3000 students a year as pilots, boom operators, and loadmasters for C-5 and C-17 cargo aircraft and KC-135 tankers.
Altus has a couple of other major employers, like Bar-S Foods and Luscombe Aircraft Corporation, but they don't employ anywhere near the numbers of people that the base does.
www.batesline.com /archives/cat_oklahoma.html   (7438 words)

  
 Altus Times - Altus, Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Altus Air Force Base was recognized on the governor's mansion grounds in Oklahoma City this week and received a special Tree City USA honor.
Altus Air Force Base is among 21 cities, three Air Force bases and four public utilities that have achieved the honor of being designated a Tree City USA or Tree Line USA utility.
It co-sponsors the annual celebration with the assistance of The Oklahoma Urban and Community Forestry Council, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to public education about the values and benefits of planting and maintaining trees in Oklahoma.
www.altustimes.com /articles/2005/03/17/news/local/news01.txt   (272 words)

  
 Burns' at Altus AFB, Oklahoma
Item of interest: In 1964, while I was at Altus AFB, the USAF selected certain AFSCs and offered helicopter flight training and a Warrant Officer rating to those who would volunteer.
Five guys from Altus made the cut, finished chopper pilot training, and were sent to that far off, unheard of tropical paradise called Vietnam.
I was sent to Keesler AFB for cross training Tech school.
www.frontiernet.net /~bobhc/Altus_1.html   (1072 words)

  
 Aviation Museum: Altus AFB
I was stationed at Altus from 78-82 with the 443rd FMS.
I was stationed at Altus from '77 to '79, with first, the 11th ARG (SAC-Heavy), then we became the 340th CAMS.
Altus tried to get someone to take it as a museum display, the Navy had no interest in it.
aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu /museums/ok/aafbok.htm   (362 words)

  
 Altus AFB - B47, B52, Atlas - Altus Air Force Base
Altus AFB is the U.S. Air Force's only Strategic Airlift and Air Refueling Training Center.
In the summer of 1954, Altus AFB was assigned to the Strategic Air Command.
Altus was host to the (tenant) 11th Air Refueling Squadron after the deactivation of the 11th BW / 11 the Strategic Aerospace Wing / and 11th Air Refueling Wing after several years as a Free Standing unit the 340th Air Refueling Group / 340th CAMS was activated.
www.strategic-air-command.com /bases/Altus_AFB.htm   (894 words)

  
 816th Air Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
On 1 Jul 1958, the 816th Air Division was activated at Altus AFB, Oklahoma and was assigned to the Strategic Air Command and the Second Air Force.
On 15 Oct 1958, the 816th was assigned to monitor and coordinate the manning, equipping and operational readiness of the assigned units for the primary purpose of conducting strategic air warfare on a global scale.
Altus AFB, Oklahoma (1 Jul 1958-1 Jul 1965)
www.zianet.com /jpage/airforce/history/ad/816ad.html   (135 words)

  
 Altus Times - Altus, Oklahoma
ALTUS - Continued dry conditions and high winds results in several area grass fires including one in an area south of Altus AFB that came dangerously close to Wilmes GM Superstore, the VFW and the Elk’s Lodge Golf and Country Club.
Sunday, including one four miles south of Altus along U.S. Highway 283, one two miles west of Altus on West Bradford Street, and one three miles north of Duke along State Highway 34.
Although the blaze south of Altus AFB briefly got into the perimeter of the base, burning some grass and brush, there were no injuries reported.
www.altustimes.com /articles/2006/03/13/news/top01.txt   (375 words)

  
 BatesLine: Altus, Vance AFBs to close?
The closing of either would hurt the surrounding community, but Enid, twice as big as Altus, and the largest city in northwestern Oklahoma, is better positioned to weather the blow.
I visited Altus many times during my years with Burtek and FlightSafety, working on C-141 and KC-135 simulators, and it was always awe-inspiring, as I approached the town on US 62, to see the massive C-5s float across the sky, like flying whales.
Altus is not a very exciting place, and as we used to say, "It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there." They have done a lot to spruce up their downtown in recent years, thanks to their award-winning Main Street program.
www.batesline.com /archives/001660.html   (841 words)

  
 Military Installation Guides 2.0
Finally, we act as the wartime aerial port of embankment for over 27,000 soldiers, and their associated equipment, from the U.S. Army, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, located 50 miles east of Lawton.
Altus Army Air Field began training pilots to fly twin-engine aircraft in 1943.
A Tactical Air Command troop carrier wing operated from Altus for ten months, then the Strategic Air Command assumed control of the base.
benefits.military.com /misc/installations/Base_Content.jsp?id=3895   (520 words)

  
 CareerTech Business Champion Altus AFB
"When Altus AFB developed a need for trained aircraft mechanics, the A-Team coordinated with the SWTC to develop what has become known in Air Force circles as the "grow your own aircraft mechanic program," Bradley said.
A CareerTech Business Champion is an Oklahoma business or industry that attributes much of their economic success to the partnerships they have forms with local technology centers or high school CareerTech programs.
Training in aircraft painting, sheet metal, electricity, nondestructive testing, welding, wood and fabric work, composite structures, landing gear repair and aircraft taxiing are some of the skills these mechanics receive through Southwest Technology Center.
www.okcareertech.org /pio/bischamps/altus.htm   (714 words)

  
 Altus AFB Biowall Remediation
Prairie winds and Air Force jets were not the only sounds heard at Altus AFB, Oklahoma.
The biowall at Altus will be the nation’s longest and will treat groundwater contaminated with trichloroethene and dichloroethene by degrading these compounds in an anaerobic environment prior to offsite migration.
We are monitoring biowall pilot tests at three military bases and are under contract to install two additional biowalls by the end of 2005.
www.parsons.com /environmental/projects/project01.asp   (197 words)

  
 Skydiving at Altus AFB and Ft Sill, Oklahoma
Altus AFB was the asshole of the world and probably still is. In the second World War it trained B-25 pilots who were happy to go to war just to get out of the place.
The Altus Hotel on the town square had a cat house on the third floor and for $10 you could get a quickie but most of us airman made $80 a month then and that was big money to us.
You tired the apex of the canopy to a broom that was wedged in the doors to rooms on each side of the hall or had someone hold tight and then someone else sat in your harness and leaned back while you "Flaked" the canopy.
60sjumper.skydiveworld.com /altus.htm   (8085 words)

  
 Air Mobility Command
But the KC-10s and most of the KC-135s initially assigned to ACC were transferred to AMC, along with Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota; McConnell AFB, Kansas; and Fairchild AFB, Washington.
The Tanker Airlift Control Center, located with the command headquarters at Scott AFB, Illinois, provides centralized scheduling and execution of all AMC airlift and air refueling missions.
Simultaneously, air mobility operations groups were established under each numbered air force to deploy people and equipment to expand the en route structure during surges in peacetime or contingency operations.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usaf/amc.htm   (744 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The engineered remedy is a new technology that uses a passive reactive barrier constructed with plant mulch (a biowall) to capture and transform the plume of TCE contamination in ground water.
This will involve up to eight continuous weeks of field work at Altus AFB, Oklahoma creating the bromide tracer pulse, and up to ten separate events of field work each lasting up to one week for monitoring the behavior of the bromide pulse.
The successful candidate must have access to an automobile they can drive from Ada, Oklahoma to Altus, Oklahoma and return, as well as, from temporary lodging in Altus to Altus AFB and return.
www.epa.gov /oamcinc1/0600086/announce.doc   (2748 words)

  
 58 Airlift Squadron   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It was under the 63rd Military Airlift Wing that was redesignated 58th Military Airlift Squadron, Special, was activated at Robins AFB, Georgia, on December 27, 1965.
Upon organization, the squadron absorbed the personnel and resources of the 7th Air Transport Squadron and began performing airlift of passengers and cargo for the increasing mobilization of troops in Southeast Asia.
Redesignated the 58th Military Airlift Squadron on January 8, 1967, it reported to the 436th MAW and began flying the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter.
www.altus.af.mil /97og/58as/58as_main.asp   (860 words)

  
 Find Churches in Alva Oklahoma - FlockFinder.com
churches in Alva Oklahoma can utilize this section to say in their own words, what the service is really like.
This allows the user to get an overall impression of the ministry and serves as the first deciding factor for whether the church is worth checking out.
For people that have a desire to get involved with churches in Alva Oklahoma that are smaller in numbers, this can be especially helpful.
www.flockfinder.com /churches_oklahoma/alva/churches_alva_oklahoma.html   (533 words)

  
 Clinton Sherman AFB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The 98th Bombardment Squadron (1959-63) operated B-52 Stratofortress aircraft while assigned to the 4123 Strategic Wing, at Clinton-Sherman AFB, Oklahoma.
The wing was inactivated 1 February, 1963 with assets moved to the 6th Bombardment Squadron.
On 1 July 1971, the City of Clinton, Oklahoma, granted Midwestern Oklahoma Development Authority (MODA) a leasehold interest for a portion of the site, with said lease containing provisions for sub-leasing property.
home.comcast.net /~mike.palazzolo/clinton_sherman_afb.htm   (537 words)

  
 96th Bomb Wing - SAC - Dyess AFB, Texas - B-52
Established again on November 6, 1953 at Altus AFB, Oklahoma, as the 96th Bombardment Wing, Medium.
Wing headquarters and most of the wing components were not manned until March 1954; those components manned were controlled by the 96th Air Base Group, whose commander served additional duty as the 96th's wing commander.
Deployed at Andersen AFB, Guam, from January 7 to April 10, 1957.
www.strategic-air-command.com /wings/0096bw.htm   (671 words)

  
 TRAVEL.org - Oklahoma.Find hotels in Oklahoma, and other Oklahoma Travel info.
From Guymon to Grove, Tulsa to Oklahoma City, Alva to Ardmore, and everywhere in between.
Oklahoma City Hotels and Accommodations - Discounted rates on Hotel rooms, Car Rentals, Flights, Vacation Rentals.
If you know of an Oklahoma web site that would be of particular interest to someone traveling there, please send e-mail to: submissions@travel.org
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 Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
He was born on February 27, 1932, in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, to the Rev. Simon and Mary (Amos) Billy.
He graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1952 and was the quarterback for the Broken Bow Savages, one of his many accomplishments that he was proud of.
He was a member of Mary Lee Clark UMC of Del City, Oklahoma.
www.choctawnation.com /News/dsp_ObitsDetails.cfm?ObitID=49   (265 words)

  
 Altus Air Force Base AFB, Oklahoma OK - Hotels, Lodging - A Helpful Guide
Altus Air Force Base is located in southwestern Oklahoma, about 15 miles above the Texas border.
It lies within the city limits of Altus, and it's the home of the 97th Air Mobility Wing.
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 Wolfe
MSgt Wolfe was assigned to Tactical Air Command, Moody AFB, Georgia as a Phase Mechanic from 1976 to 1978.
His next assignment was to England AFB, Louisiana where he cross trained to the Flight Engineer career field, where he was assigned to Charleston AFB, South Carolina with the 41st Airlift squadron flying as a flight engineer on the C-141 aircraft.
In December of 1984 MSgt Wolfe was assigned to Altus AFB, Oklahoma as a Instructor Flight Engineer, Flight Training, Phase Chief Classroom Instructor for both flight engineers and pilots.
www.coweta.k12.ga.us /nhs/rotc/Wolfe.htm   (405 words)

  
 Oklahoma Ethics Commission
Hughes was employed from 1977 to June, 1986, by Sonic Industries Inc., an Oklahoma City based corporation which operates or franchises approximately 1000 drive-in restaurants located in 19 southern states.
A native of Duncan, Oklahoma, Hughes received her Juris Doctorate from Tulsa University and her Bachelor of Arts in English from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.
She was engaged in the private practice of law in Tulsa and Sand Springs with a specialty in appeals before the Oklahoma Court Of Criminal Appeals, the Oklahoma Supreme Court and United States Court Of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
www.state.ok.us /~ethics/mtstaff.html   (793 words)

  
 Altus AFB singles - Altus AFB dating - Altus AFB personals
Altus AFB singles - Altus AFB dating - Altus AFB personals
The Sooner State of Oklahoma is a great place to search for online singles.
This seems to be alot of work, I am just looking for someone to fall in love with and they return the favor.............I have never been married I have no children.
www.match.com /localsingles/OK/Altus-AFB.html   (814 words)

  
 Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Privatization Web Page
Recertification of the EBS for Military Family Housing Altus AFB, OK, dtd 1 Apr 2004 (*.pdf) 66KB
Recertification of the EBS for Military Family Housing Altus AFB, OK, dtd 23 Nov 2004 (*.pdf) 302KB
Altus AFB Military Family Housing Summary 2001 (*.pdf) - 29KB
www.pscmhc.com /altusdata.htm   (671 words)

  
 Welcome to Altusservices.com - 97 Services Squadron Altus AFB, OK
Come and spend some time with your child at this fun event brought to you by your Altus AFB Youth Center.
You'll be able to participate in games that require teamwork and help to promote physical activities that include cardio-respiratory endurance, physical fitness, and health.
He's kept our Fitness Center at the peak of performance over the years, and this triathlon is the best way to honor his dedication to sports and fitness at Altus AFB.
www.altusservices.com /index.htm   (545 words)

  
 Altus AFB Oklahoma Dish Network Altus AFB OK Dishnetwork $19.99/Month!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Cable viewers in Altus AFB Oklahoma who eventually choose to upgrade from analog to digital TV will end up paying a fee.
Dish Network Altus AFB OK subscribers also have access to more international programming, more foreign films and foreign language channels and more Pay Per View events than they'll ever have with cable TV.
DishPronto is the #1 Altus AFB Oklahoma Dealer because they provide the best customer service and support in Oklahoma.
www.nicekids.net /ok-altus-afb-dish-network-tv.html   (874 words)

  
 Altus High School Class of 1965
The information that you provide to us and to the Altus Alumni Association is the primary means of contact with you for future events.
Reunions are held every year by the Altus High School Alumni Association on the 4th Sat in June.
Smaller groups can meet and plan activities for any of the reunions that are held each year.
www.altushs1965.com   (541 words)

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