HomeNews

News Search

  • Lieutenant General Mark D. Kelly, 12th Air Force commander, presents the one star flag to Brig. Gen. David B. Lyons, 12th Air Force vice commander, during Lyons’ promotion ceremony from colonel to brigadier general May 30, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)

    Former 388th FW commander earns first star

    A former commander of the 388th Fighter Wing was promoted to brigadier general during a ceremony May 30 at the Hill Aerospace Museum.
  • Micheal Kay tries on a pilot's F-35A helmet, May 24, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Eight children and their parents from Make-A-Wish Utah visited Hill for the "Pilot for a Day" program. The children toured the base, visited with pilots and "flew" in an F-35A cockpit trainer during the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    388th Fighter Wing hosts Make-A-Wish children

    Eight children and their families from Make-A-Wish Utah visited the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base and earned their wings during a "Pilot for a Day" program here May 24.
  • Royal Canadian Air Force structural technician Cpl. Matthew Roy salutes pilot Capt. Jason Berndt, both assigned to the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, before takeoff May 3, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The Canadian unit participated in a Weapons Evaluation Systems Program, or WSEP, exercise conducted by the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron, a Hill tenant unit. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    Successful weapons evaluation exercise comes to a close

    Evaluation exercise Combat Hammer concluded May 10 at Hill AFB and the Utah Test and Training Range. Both are part of the Air Force's Weapons System Evaluation Program, or WSEP.
  • Airmen from the active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing return to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, after a six-month deployment to Kadena Air Base, Japan.

    Airmen, jets return from Japan deployment

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Airmen and F-35A aircraft from the active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing returned here May 4-5 following a six-month deployment to Kadena Air Base, Japan.   Families gathered on the flightline to welcome the pilots, maintainers, and support personnel who had been working at Kadena and the
  • Eldrick Seoutewa (at right), an artist from Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, demonstrates his jewelry for the attendees of the Annual American Indian Meeting held at the Utah Test and Training Range April 20, 2018, in which Hill Air Force Base was a co-host. The meeting was held for government-to-government conversations, tours of UTTR, and official tribal co-host presentations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)

    Hill hosts annual meeting with American Indian tribes

    Hill Air Force Base hosted its annual government-to-government meeting and cultural exchange April 19-20 with members of several American Indian Tribes who claim ancestral and ongoing ties to lands managed by Department of Defense agencies in Utah.
  • A U.S. Air Force Thunderbird F-16 jet is towed out of a hangar April 26, 2018 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The aircraft was the first to receive structural modifications as part of the F-16 Service Life Extension Program, or SLEP, that will keep the jet flying for decades. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    F-16 ServiceLife Extension Program a 'great deal' for Department of Defense, taxpayers

    An Air Force Thunderbird jet is the first of what will be roughly 300 refurbished C and D model F-16’s that will roll off the shop floor of the 573rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here after receiving multiple structure-strengthening modifications.
  • Firefighters were called to a parking lot near building 430 on 6th Street May 2, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to rescue baby ducks stuck in a storm drain. (Courtesy photo)

    Hill firefighters rescue 9 baby ducks from storm drain

    Nine “lucky ducks” were reunited with their parents May 2. Firefighters were called to a parking lot near building 430 on 6th Street to rescue baby ducks stuck in a storm drain.
  • Firefighters conduct a controlled burn on a section of the Base Operations and Readiness Training Area April 27, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The prescribed burn targeted overgrown vegetation around structures used by the department’s technical rescue program members and other partner emergency-services for training. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    Firefighters prescribe controlled burns for Hill

    Passers-by may have seen flames and smoke on the east side of the base April 27. A team of base firefighters conducted a controlled burn on a small section of the Base Operations and Readiness Training, or BORTA, area.
  • Paul Eger, a contracted Rockwell Collins F-35 simulator technician, runs wiring

    New ‘VR’ flight simulators join Hill’s F-35 fleet

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Two new virtual reality F-35 simulators are currently under construction at Hill. The highly advanced systems are surrounded by an 11-foot-tall translucent dome, positioned in a blackened room to ensure pilots have a realistic sensory experience, while 25 projectors display a 365-degree image around them while in
  • Tuskegee Airman Theodore Lumpkins speaks during a visit to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, April 20, 2018. Lumpkin served as an intelligence officer assigned to the 332 Fighter Squadron during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    Tuskegee legacy remembered

    The historic, barrier-breaking experiences of the Tuskegee Airmen were presented to an audience of more than 200 people April 20 at the Hill Aerospace Museum.
RSS