421 FS pilot reaches 2,000 F-16 flying hours

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot Maj. Connor Vermeer, from the 421st Fighter Squadron, flew his 2,000th flying hour in the F-16 Fighting Falcon May 3 at Hill. Well wishers, including Lt. Col. Paul Schulze, the 421 FS commander, and his wife Barbara came out for his return after flying his 2,000th hour. (Released/U.S. Air Force Photo/Andrea Mason)

Air Force holds public hearings for F-35A basing

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah - The Air Force is hosting local hearings in Layton, Ogden and West Wendover, Nev., May 1-3 2012, to provide the public an opportunity to comment on the analysis and findings of the Draft F-35A Operational Basing Environmental Impact Statement.

Flyover salutes three-time war veteran at funeral

Hill F-16 pilots commemorated three-time war veteran Lt. Col. Heber Marsh Butler with a flyover April 6. Butler served 33 years of military service and was a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He also has two confirmed aerial victories. (U.S. Air Force photo released.)

421st Fighter Squadron returns home after S. Korea deployment

Col. Scott Long, 388th Fighter Wing commander, greets the large group of returnees April 7 with a banner to his right welcoming home the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex Lloyd)

388th FW honorary commander tour

As part of an interactive tour of the 388th Fighter Wing, eight honorary commanders and their guests paid a visit to the phase dock at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to see an F-16 engine in repair March 23. U.S. Air Force Col. Rick LeBlanc, the 388th FW vice commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Batzer, command chief, hosted the tour of the wing and its operations and maintenance groups. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex Lloyd/Released)

US, ROK forces show off air power

F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 35th and 80th Fighter Squadrons of the 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea; the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron of the 388th FW at Hill Air Force Base, Utah; the 55th EFS from the 20th FW at Shaw AFB, S.C.; and from the 38th Fighter Group of the ROK Air Force, demonstrate an “Elephant Walk” as they taxi down a runway during an exercise at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 2, 2012. The exercise showcased Kunsan AB aircrews' capability to quickly and safely prepare an aircraft for a wartime mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany Y. Auld/Released)