Call the Altus School Liaison Office at In general, Altus Public Schools include preschool—preschoolers must be 4 years old on or before September 1st of the current school year. Kindergarten students must be 5 years old on September 1st or before of the current school year. Housing at Altus is privatized and operated by Balfour Beatty Properties.
Single and unaccompanied service members between the ranks of E1 through E4 are eligible to be placed on a waiting list for on-base dorms. The waiting list is ordered based on rank and date of sign-up. You can do so by calling , or DSN It is best to call first as space is not always available for pets, who must be then boarded in the community. All new arrivals should coordinate their travel to Altus AFB with the gaining unit or sponsor.
Finally, we act as the wartime aerial port of embarkation for over 27, soldiers, and their associated equipment, from the U. Army, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, located 50 miles east of Altus. Altus Army Air Field began training pilots to fly twin-engine aircraft in The Army stopped using the field in A Tactical Air Command troop carrier wing operated from Altus for ten months, and then the Strategic Air Command assumed control of the base.
It operated bomber and tanker aircraft and maintained 12 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile sites around southwestern Oklahoma. Military Airlift Command assumed operations in , making Altus the formal training base for C-5s and Cs. These large airplanes necessitated a major construction effort including a fuel doc, avionic repair shops, a flight simulator, and alteration of the hangers. The rd Military Airlift Wing trained crews at Altus until The 97th has operated several B and B variants, but flew Bs for over 30 years.
It also pioneered the use of boom-equipped tanker aircraft for the air refueling mission. The Wing has participated in many contingencies and wartime operations. Members of the 97th formed a provisional wing in England in , and flew bombing missions during Desert Storm. For more of Altus' history visit the installation's homepage. Altus, Oklahoma, U. Altus AFB has deep roots in the history of military aviation and continues to be at the forefront of aviation training.
Indeed, the city of Altus is known throughout the Air Force for its enthusiastic support for our servicemen and women. The City of Altus is one of Oklahoma's fastest-growing, most prosperous and progressive cities.
Altus offers a good family life and some of the finest game lands in the country. Military Retires find Altus' cost of living an important factor for picking Altus to spend their retirement years. April 24, Public Education. April 22, April 20, Arriving Residents. April 14, Nov 4, — Sarah Jaudon. This premiere training base is located an hour east of Reno, Nevada and…. Read More. Nov 4, — Rachel Childs. In the Air Force searched for a base that could handle the training for its most versatile transport, or cargo aircraft, the C Starlifter, and its newest and largest transport plane, the enormous C-5 Galaxy.
Again the clear skies and wide expanses of land native to Oklahoma proved to be best suited for the mission. Through the s and s these planes were as common a sight in the skies above southwestern Oklahoma as the native sparrows, meadowlarks, and hawks. This aircraft, with its expansive cargo area and powerful engines, was the newest cargo plane in the Air Force.
Even before the C arrived, pilots began training to operate and to fly the aircraft. It was designed for use as an intermediate, short-airfield cargo plane. Men and women of the Fifty-seventh Airlift Squadron had piloted the aircraft. As Altus Air Force Base moved into the twenty-first century, it continued performing its mission of providing an ideal location in which to train air force personnel in the operation of multi-engine aircraft.
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