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Altus Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 4mi east-northeast of Altus, Oklahoma.The host unit at Altus AFB is the 97th Air Mobility Wing, assigned to the Nineteenth Air Force of the Air Education and Training Command . The wing's mission is to provide C-17 Globemaster III and KC-135 Stratotanker formal initial and advanced specialty training programs for up to 3000 flight crew and aircraft maintenance students annually.Altus AFB was established in 1943 as Altus Army Airfield . The 97 AMW commander is Colonel Eric Carney. The Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Philip E. Eckenrod Jr.