Altus Air Force Base is home to the 97th Air Mobility Wing (97 AMW), which is a part of the Air Education and Training Command's (AETC) Nineteenth Air Force (19 AF). The AETC's priimary mission at Altus is to train the the nation's C-17, C-141, and KC-135 Strategic Airlift and Air Refueling crews. The base maintains approximately 550 combat-ready aircrew members who can rapidly deploy to augment worldwide contingencies.