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  • Hill Airmen support Agile Flag with F-35A

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – The 4th Fighter Squadron and 4th Fighter Generation Squadron from the 388th Fighter Wing recently deployed six F-35 Lightning IIs and approximately 100 airmen from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, in support of Agile Flag 23-1.The exercise, designed to test and certify Air Combat Command’s

  • Training in the load barn vital for weapons troops

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- There is a barn on Hill Air Force Base that houses things weighing thousands of pounds that can maim an untrained person in many ways if they do not move safely and efficiently.It’s called the “load barn,” and it is owned by the men and women of the 388th Logistics

  • 388th Fighter Wing announces annual award winners

    Congratulations to the 2022 388th Fighter Wing annual award winners announced Friday night. A huge thanks to them and to the supervisors who nominated them. Junior Enlisted Airman of the YearAirman Kelsey DosterNoncommissioned Officer of the YearTech. Sgt. Clayton ForbesSenior Noncommissioned

  • ‘Top Gun’ or ‘A Beautiful Mind?’

    Hollywood fighter-pilots are smiling, swaggerific, sunglassed men and women always looking to beat somebody at something. In reality, F-35A Lightning II pilots are not simply daredevils with skill and guts, willing to strap themselves to a single engine with 40,000 pounds of thrust. They are also

  • UPDATE: Hill AFB Fighter Wings to continue night flying

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Since Jan 3, the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings have conducted local night-flying operations with the F-35A Lightning II. That schedule will continue on most weekdays in February and MarchDuring this period, flying is scheduled to be completed by

  • Looking back on 2022

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Looking back, 2002 was full of activity for the 388th Fighter Wing here – major exercises, deployments, a full F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team schedule, and tackling challenges like the first F-35A crash.Here are a few snapshots from our website and social media

  • Thanksgiving feast for Airmen

    The maintenance hangars of the 388th Fighter Wing served as a family room for Airmen from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings who weren't able to be home for the holidays today. Wing leadership, Honorary Commanders, their alumni called "Falcons," and other civic leaders served meals and deserts to

  • Statement on resumed flying at Hill AFB

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- The 388th and 419th Fighter Wings resumed local F-35A flying operations at Hill Air Force Base today. At this point, there is no indication of any additional risk with flying operations after last week's F-35A crash.The F-35A Lightning II mission at Hill AFB is vital to