Altus Air Force Base

Altus Air Force Base (Altus AFB, AAFB) (<a href="/facts/IATA_airport_code/ogq7w5UQ">IATA</a>: LTS, <a href="/facts/ICAO_airport_code/KAU1V4MX">ICAO</a>: KLTS, <a href="/facts/Federal_Aviation_Administration/PYsXt3YT">FAA</a> <a href="/facts/Location_identifier/fj2bnvhY">LID</a>: LTS) is a <a href="/facts/United_States_Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">United States Air Force</a> base located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) <a href="/facts/East-northeast/jPKnTUYz">east-northeast</a> of <a href="/facts/Altus%2c_Oklahoma/51ephb5U">Altus, Oklahoma</a>.
The host unit at Altus AFB is the <a href="/facts/97th_Air_Mobility_Wing/VWY2FkBF">97th Air Mobility Wing</a> (97 AMW), assigned to the <a href="/facts/Nineteenth_Air_Force/3ffEBu96">Nineteenth Air Force</a> (19 AF) of the <a href="/facts/Air_Education_and_Training_Command/2AxaGUcd">Air Education and Training Command</a> (AETC). The wing's mission is to provide <a href="/facts/C-17_Globemaster_III/LurFFvap">C-17 Globemaster III</a>, <a href="/facts/KC-135_Stratotanker/hRmEJPJv">KC-135 Stratotanker</a> and <a href="/facts/KC-46_Pegasus/1Ayc0EwH">KC-46 Pegasus</a> 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 is commanded by <a href="/facts/Colonel_(United_States)/eva6u8ok">Colonel</a> Jeffrey M. Marshall with Vice Commander as Colonel Adam H. Rosado, and the Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Justin R. Brundage<a href="https://www.altus.af.mil/About-Us/">[1]</a>.

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Altus Air Force Base