About Us

The mission of Altus Air Force Base is “Forging Combat Mobility Forces…Deploying Airman Warriors”.

Altus Medical Group supports the 97th Air Mobility Wing and 58 tenant units with the global reach mission by providing health care to enable training and deploying the Air Force’s C-17, KC-135, and KC-46 Pegasus aircrews and their families. Altus Medical Group is staffed with 175 health care professionals, providing health services for more than 6,000 beneficiaries, 600 flight status patients, and 2,000 students. Altus Medical group is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Care and the American Dental Association.

The Altus Medical Support Squadron consists of six flights providing personnel and administration services including, resource management, TRICARE Operations and Patient Administration, medical readiness, information management, pharmacy, laboratory, diagnostic imaging, logistics and facility management.

Altus Medical group provides comprehensive primary care and space-available subspecialty care to TRICARE-enrolled patients. The squadron is comprised of seven flights: primary care, mental health, aerospace and operational medicine, aerospace and operational physiology, public health, bioenvironmental and dental. Available services include: allergy, immunization, family advocacy, mental health, substance abuse counseling, family medicine, pediatrics, optometry, and dental services for active duty personnel.

Families of active duty military are highly encouraged to enroll into TRICARE Prime and the TRICARE Dental Program to obtain their health care needs at the clinic and dental care from civilian dentists. All appointments for TRICARE Select and TRICARE for Life patients will be based on space availability. We highly recommend patients who are not TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Plus familiarize themselves with their medical care benefits.