Altus Air Force Base

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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.
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Coordinates	34°39′59″N 099°16′05″W / 34.66639°N 99.26806°W / 34.66639; -99.26806
Type	US Air Force base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Air Force
Controlled by	Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.altus.af.mil/
Site history
Built	1943 (1943)
In use	1943–present
Garrison information
Current commander	Colonel Blaine L Baker
Garrison	97th Air Mobility Wing
Occupants	54th Air Refueling Squadron 56th Air Refueling Squadron 58th Airlift Squadron See Based units section for full list.
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: LTS, ICAO: KLTS, FAA LID: LTS, WMO: 0-20000-0-72352
Elevation	421 m (1,382 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 17R/35L 4,097 m (13,440 ft) Concrete 17L/35R 2,744 m (9,001 ft) Asphalt Assault Strip 1,067 m (3,500 ft) Asphalt
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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.