The document is a unit mission brief for the 97th Operations Support Squadron (97 OSS) at Altus Air Force Base. It summarizes the squadron's mission to deliver operational support to Altus AFB and deploy combat-ready airmen. It provides an overview of the squadron's leadership, personnel, facilities, and the missions and accomplishments of its subordinate flights, which include airfield operations, combat tactics, aircrew equipment, weather, and current operations. It also highlights the squadron's community involvement and multiple award wins.

1. 97TH OPERATIONS SUPPORT SQUADRON
Best in the West…OSS!!!
“Forging Combat Mobility Forces . . . Deploying Airman Warriors!”
97 OSS
Unit Mission Brief
“The pOSSe”
Lt Col Steve K. Johnson
97 OSS/CC
Current a/o 6 Apr 12

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Vision, Mission, Goals
 Mission
 Deliver outstanding operational support to Altus AFB and the local
community while deploying combat-ready airmen
 Vision
 Provide the world's best training and environment for combat and
mobility warriors
 Goals
 Continuously improve student and
instructor training
 Increase deployment readiness
 Cultivate leadership and technical
skills at all levels
 Ensure flight and ground safety
 Enhance base and community relations
 Enrich quality of life
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Ft Riley, KS

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97 OSS Leadership
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Operations Officer
Lt Col Max Bremer
Commander
Lt Col Steve Johnson
First Sergeant
MSgt Jason Buckley
Superintendent
SMSgt Jeff Wilson

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Key Personnel
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Commander
Lt Col Steve Johnson
Director of
Operations
Lt Col Max
Bremer
ADO
Maj Matt
Niendorf
Airspace
Manager
Mr Doug Winters
Aircrew Flight
Equipment Flight
Capt Drew Patrick
Current Ops
Flight
Capt Carson
Dodds
Weather Flight
Capt James
Roberts
Tactics Flight
Capt Joe Schwab
Airfield Ops
Flight
Maj Mike
Horowitz
First Sergeant
MSgt Jason
Buckley
Superintendent
SMSgt Jeff
Wilson
Commander’s
Secretary
Mr Brian Willis
Admin Assistant
Vacant
Unit Pgm Coord
Ms Ruby Gaston
ADO
Capt Jonathan
Birnbaum
ADO
Vacant
Ft Sill, OK

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Unit Strength
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Authorized
(Off/Enl/Civ/Total)
Assigned
(Off/Enl/Civ/Total)
CC Staff 2 / 1 / 2 / 5 5 / 2 / 4 / 11
OSA/OSAA 2 / 11 / 4 / 17 4 / 12 / 3 / 19
OSAR/OSAT 0 / 44 / 7 / 51 0 / 65 / 11 / 76
OSK/OSKA 2 / 5 / 1 / 9 2 / 5 / 0 / 7
OSL 1 / 28 / 6 / 35 1 / 31 / 7 / 39
OSO/OSOF/OSOS 6 / 8 / 1 / 15 3 / 6/ 1 / 10
OSW 1 / 8 / 0 / 9 1 / 7 / 0 / 8
Totals 14 / 105 / 21 / 141 16 / 128 / 26 / 170

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OSS Facility Consolidation
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Bldg 87
Current Ops
Relocate to
Bldg 225
Bldg 164
Cmd Section
Relocate to
Bldg 225
Bldg 72
Tactics (OSK)
Relocate to
Bldg 225
Bldg 225
Cmd Section
Current Ops
Aircrew Flt Equip
HARM
Survival/Fabrication
Bldg 185
Afld Ops
Afld Mgt
Weather
Bldg 444
Survival/Fabrication
To Bldg 225 Spring ’12
Demo Date Unknown
X
X
Consolidate
From 10
Facilities…
Down to 5!!!
Bldg 530
New RAPCON
Ribbon Cutting: Apr ’11
Transition of Ops:
Nov’11 – Mar ‘12
Bldg 525
Tower
Bldg 88
Tower Sim
Relocate to
new RAPCON
Bldg 415
Old RAPCON
Demo Date Unkn
Bldg 424
Tactics - JAI
X
X
X
X

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Mission Accomplishment
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Combat Tactics Aircrew Flight Equipment
Weather
Wing Current Operations
Airfield Operations

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Airfield Ops Flight (OSA)
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 Key personnel
 Flight Commander – Maj “TZ” Horowitz
 RAPCON – CMSgt Daniel “LE” Olson
 Tower Chief – SMSgt Tom “TH” Hensley
 Airfield Manager – Mr. Tony Bunch
 Highlights
 13th busiest AF airfield with 144,000
flight operations annually
 Constant airfield construction/repairs
and projects
 $5.4M taxiway C repairs in FY09
 $20.3M general taxiway repairs in FY10
 $12M more in FY11
 New RAPCON building and digital airport surveillance radar (DASR)
 Paramount support to restore power to 13 mission critical facilities during
historic “100 yr” ice-storm
 Facilitated launch of 6x C-17s/64 pax in support of Haiti ops w/in 36 hrs

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Airfield Construction Projects
Phase 4
Mar – Apr 11
Mill/Overlay 17L/35R
May – Sep 11
Phase 3
Nov – Dec 10
Phase 5
Mar – Aug 11
Phase 7A
May – Aug 11
Phase 7B
May – Aug 11
Phase 6
Aug – Dec 10
Phase 7C
May – Aug 11 Phase 7D
May – Aug 11
Embedded ALZ Lighting
Jun – Sep 11
Phase 1
May – Aug 10
Phase 2B
Jan – Mar 11
Twy C Widening
May – Aug 10
Completed
Project
Ongoing
Project
Future
Project
Legend:
Concrete ALZ
FY14????
Phase 2B
Aug – Oct 10 Spots 1 - 8
May-Aug 11
Phase 2C
May – Aug 10

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Combat Tactics Flight (OSK)
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 Key personnel
 Flight Commander – Capt Joe Schwab
 Flight Chief – TSgt Doug Campbell
 Highlights
 Drop Zone operations
 Joint Airdrop Inspections (JAI)
 Cutting Edge of Mobility Tactics
 Tactics training for over 275 permanent
party crewmembers and nearly
360 KC-135 initial qualification students per year
 Leads Altus AFB participation in Mobility Air Force Exercises: 10A (72 total
aircraft); Altus provided 7x C-17s and 8x KC-135s; largest AETC effort ever
assembled to support MAFEX
 Initiated Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) training at Altus; negotiated
LOA w/Fort Sill, syllabus issues w/AMC/A3D; world-class advanced airdrop
training for 160 C-17 airdrop students per year

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Aircrew Flt Equip Flight (OSL)
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 Key personnel
 Flight Commander – Capt Drew Patrick
 Flight Chief – MSgt Chris Baumgardner
 Highlights
 Manages 9,000+ pieces of equipment
(worth $4M) for 3,000+ users
 Zero cancelled sorties due to OSL despite 76% manning
 Perfect CSAF-directed Survival Equip/Life Support merger; 27 cross-
trained on 246 core tasks 3-months ahead of time
 Instructed an unprecedented 5.8K mission ready events to TDY and
pipeline students/instructors; largest training effort in OSS history
 Formalized Cargo chute repair MOA w/ LRS
 Saved 150 hrs & $1.76M replacement costs/yr
 Consolidate Life Support and Life Support function in Bldg 225

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Current Ops Flight (OSO)
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 Key personnel
 Flight Commander – Capt Carson Dodds
 Flight Chiefs – MSgt David Dean
 Highlights:
 Heart of $404M, 21,182-hour flying program:
 Coordinate airshows & off-station missions with HHQs
 Maintain flight management data products; led Wg’s KC-X
Strategic Basing Effort to gather Air Refueling historical data
 275 permanent party & 1,985 air mobility students per year
 Coordinate/update/publish the Wing Ops Plan & local sups

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Weather Flight (OSW)
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 Key personnel
 Flight Commander – Capt “James” Roberts
 Flight Chief Weather Operations –
MSgt “James” Howard
 Highlights
 Resource protection for $5.6B in
aviation assets & 4,600 personnel
 Mission Execution Forecasts for 6K
missions per year
 Integrated staff weather briefings
 Upgraded weather weapons system; Joint Environmental Toolkit (JET)
 AF 1st!!! Detailed study lead to Wg awarded PT test wind waiver
Feb ‘11 “Blizzard”

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Innovation: Best Practices
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 12 Air Force Best Practices (note – Intel was in OSS until Jun ‘09)
 Aircrew Intel Training
 Digital ISOPREPs
 Intel Flying Program
 Flying Hours Checkbook
 Scheduling Sharepoint
 Post-Mission Reporting
 Smooth Flow Scheduling
 Sharepoint MEF tool
 Airfield Construction “Wargaming”
 FTU Tactics Counsel
 JPADS Training Syllabus
 Space-A Travel Coordination
 6 More Pending Approval!!!
 Joint CBRNE/ACDE Training
 Route Study Checklists
 MACA Visit Process
 Quality Force Review
 Plans Tracking Spreadsheet
 Weather Metrics Tracking
HIMARS Testing
MAFEX 10A

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Support Organizations
 Morale Committee
 Fundraisers: Sell Your Talents, Kiwanis Flags, Car Wash, etc.
 Events: Holiday Party, Thanksgiving Lunch, Combat Dining Out,
Summer Picnic
 Spouses Group
 Fundraisers: CC Calls, ASC Bazaar, Thrift Shop
 Facebook page: 97 OSS Spouses – Altus AFB
 Email Address: 97oss.spouses@gmail.com
 Meals for Families: Newborns, Illness, etc
 Blankets for Newborns: “pOSSe Baby”
 Children’s Christmas Party
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Combat Dining Out – May 11

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Community Involvement
 Committed to people in our Air Force, Altus, and the nation
 National holiday flag posting for Kiwanis Club
 Dedicated Service in home building with Habitat for Humanity
 Leaders in Airmen Against Drunk Driving program (July), Civil Air Patrol
 Strong dedication and leadership in multiple faith communities
 Wing Coordinator for “Pilot for a Day”
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We Are Proud Of…
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 12x 2011 annual Wing & AETC award wins & counting…
 97 AMW Jr CGO
 AETC Top Operations Squadron
 AETC Weather Airman
 AETC Weather CGO
 AETC Productivity Excellence
 AETC Airfield Operations Flight Complex
 AETC Airfield Management Craftsman
 AETC Outstanding Weather Organization
 AETC Airfield Management Training Achievement
 Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 988 Airman
 AETC Outstanding Aircrew Flight Equipment Officer
 AETC Outstanding Aircrew Flight Equipment Large Program

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97 OSS “The pOSSe”
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Best in the West!!!