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  2. 577th Strategic Missile Squadron - Wikipedia

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    577th Atlas missile sites. The squadron was redesignated the 577th Strategic Missile Squadron and organized in June 1961 at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, where it was assigned to the 11th Bombardment Wing. [d] [1] In August 1962, the squadron was the first to place an Atlas F missile on alert status.

  3. Altus Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    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).

  4. List of military units and installations in Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    On July 1, 1961, the 577th Strategic Missile Squadron was activated at Altus Air Force Base and established twelve missile silo sites in a 40-mile radius around Altus, each with one Atlas-F nuclear missile. Of the twelve sites, all but one were located in Oklahoma.

  5. 816th Strategic Aerospace Division - Wikipedia

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    In September, the 4123d Air Base Group was organized at Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base, Oklahoma and assigned to the division. [6] This group's mission was to prepare the former Naval Air Station for the arrival of operational aircraft the following year. [7] 577th Strategic Missile Squadron SM-65 Atlas at Willow OK site

  6. List of Strategic Air Command bases - Wikipedia

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    Altus AFB, Altus, OK (H) 816th Air Division 1958–1962. ... 705th Strategic Missile Wing 1958; SAC REFLEX base 1959–1964; RAF Manston.

  7. Altus, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Altus (/ ˈ æ l t ə s /) is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States. [5] The population was 18,729 at the 2020 census. [6] Altus is home to Altus Air Force Base, the United States Air Force training base for C-17, KC-46 and KC-135 aircrews. It is also home to Western Oklahoma State College and Southwest ...

  8. 730th Air Mobility Training Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The 730th Air Mobility Training Squadron is an Air Force reserve unit stationed at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, where it trains airmen on Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker and Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aircraft systems.

  9. 97th Operations Group - Wikipedia

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    The group was activated in October 1992, absorbing the personnel and aircraft of the 443d Operations Group at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The unit was assigned to the 97th Air Mobility Wing. At Altus, the group became the airlift and air refueling training group for Air Mobility Command. In 1993, it transferred to the Air Education and ...